Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Buckley |
Pennant | DE 68 |
Built by | Bethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 29 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 6 Jun 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 Sep 1943 |
Lost | 25 May 1945 |
Loss position | 26° 41'N, 127° 47'E |
History | Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified as APD- 47 on 31 July 1944. |
Commands listed for USS Bates (DE 68)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Eugene Hugh Maher, USNR | 12 Sep 1943 | 5 May 1944 |
2 | Henry Augustus Wilmerding, Jr., USNR | 5 May 1944 | 25 May 1945 |
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