USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-634. The name honors Ensign Henry Purefoy Whitehurst. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 21 March 1943 and launched her on 5 September 1943. Commissioned on 19 November 1943. Lieutenant Commander James Robert Gray was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Majuro, Funafuti, Espiritu Santo, and New Guinea. The Navy credited her with 3 battle stars.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-634 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works |
| Launched | 1943-09-05 |
| Commissioned | 1943-11-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 27 November 1946. 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. USS Whitehurst (DE-634) in San Francisco Bay, in late 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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