USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-644. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 1 August 1943 and launched her on 21 May 1944. Commissioned on 27 July 1944. Lieutenant Commander Lyman Maurice King Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, and Leyte. The Navy credited her with 1 battle star.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-644 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works |
| Launched | 1944-05-21 |
| Commissioned | 1944-07-27 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 12 July 1969. The Navy later expended her as a target. |
| 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. The photo was taken by an aircraft from the Naval Air Station Alameda, California (USA). USS Vammen (DE-644) in San Francisco Bay on 10 October 1944 (80-G-284804).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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