USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-636. 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. Commissioned on 29 December 1943. Commander Alan C. Davis was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Gilbert Islands, Majuro, Makin, and Tarawa. The Navy credited her with 2 battle stars.
| 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. |
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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. Damaged USS Witter (DE-636) anchored off Okinawa, in May 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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