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Spangler

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-696
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1943-07-15
Commissioned1943-10-31
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 8 October 1958. 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.

Spangler
U.S. Navy. USS Spangler (DE-696) underway, in the later 1950s.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Spangler, hull DE-696, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 28 April 1943 and launched her on 15 July 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 31 October 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander William Ano Burgett.

Her Pacific duty took her to Espiritu Santo, Bougainville, Majuro, and Emirau. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 8 October 1958. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.