Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Buckley |
Pennant | DE 211 |
Built by | Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 8 Jun 1942 |
Laid down | 11 Aug 1943 |
Launched | 11 Nov 1943 |
Commissioned | 6 Mar 1944 |
End service | 15 Mar 1946 |
History | Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified as APD-53 on 1 June 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Hubbard (DE 211)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. Louis Christopher Mabley, USNR | 6 Mar 1944 | 11 May 1945 |
2 | Frederick Bates Korsmeyer, USNR | 11 May 1945 |
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Notable events involving Hubbard include:
16 Jan 1945
German U-boat U-248 was sunk in the North Atlantic in position 47°43'N, 26°37'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Hayter, USS Otter, USS Varian and USS Hubbard.
24 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-546 was sunk north-west of the Azores, in position 43°53'N, 40°07'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Flaherty, USS Neunzer, USS Chatelain, USS Varian, USS Hubbard, USS Janssen, USS Pillsbury and USS Keith.
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