Navy |
US Navy |
Type |
Destroyer Escort |
Class |
Buckley |
Pennant |
DE 211 |
Built by |
Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
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. |