USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-797. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 18 August 1943 and launched her on 27 October 1943. Commissioned on 19 February 1944. Lieutenant Commander Charles Foster Tillinghast Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Manus, the Admiralty Islands, the Philippines, and Leyte.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-797 |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Launched | 1943-10-27 |
| Commissioned | 1944-02-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 9 May 1946. 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 photo 80-G-301397. USS Weeden (DE-797) underway in Massachusetts Bay (USA) on 19 January 1945 (80-G-301397).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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