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Witter

Class	Buckley class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-636
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works
Launched	1943-10-17
Commissioned	1943-12-29
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 22 October 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Davis, Alan C. Commanding officer from 29 December 1943

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.

Witter, hull DE-636, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Ensign Jean C. Witter. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, also called Union Iron Works, laid her down on 28 April 1943 and launched her on 17 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 29 December 1943. Her first commanding officer was Commander Alan C. Davis.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Gilbert Islands, Majuro, Makin, and Tarawa. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 22 October 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.