USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-638. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 25 June 1943 and launched her on 21 November 1943. Commissioned on 13 March 1944. Lieutenant Commander James Grieve Thorburn Jr. was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, New Guinea, and Bougainville. The Navy credited her with 4 battle stars.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-638 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works |
| Launched | 1943-11-21 |
| Commissioned | 1944-03-13 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 26 April 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. USS Willmarth (DE-638) underway on 16 May 1944 (BS 65235).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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