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Raby

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-698
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1943-09-04
Commissioned1943-12-07
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 22 December 1953. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Raby
U.S. Navy. USS Raby (DE-698) at anchor off Guam, in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Raby, hull DE-698, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Rear Admiral James Joseph Raby. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 7 June 1943 and launched her on 4 September 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 7 December 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander James Scott II.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, the Admiralty Islands, Ulithi, and Guam. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 22 December 1953. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.