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Underhill

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-682
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched1943-10-15
Commissioned1943-11-15
FateSunk. She was lost on 24 July 1945. A manned torpedo sank her.
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.

Underhill
U.S. Navy. USS Underhill (DE-682) underway, circa in 1945 (80-G-382857).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Underhill, hull DE-682, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, laid her down on 16 September 1943 and launched her on 15 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 15 November 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Sidney R. Jackson.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Philippines, the Admiralty Islands, Lingayen, and Hollandia. She was lost on 24 July 1945. A manned torpedo sank her.

The pictures on this page are the originals.