USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-696. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 28 April 1943 and launched her on 15 July 1943. Commissioned on 31 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander William Ano Burgett was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Espiritu Santo, Bougainville, Majuro, and Emirau. The Navy credited her with 2 battle stars.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-696 |
| Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
| Launched | 1943-07-15 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-31 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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. |
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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.
U.S. Navy. USS Spangler (DE-696) underway, in the later 1950s.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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