Navy |
The US Navy |
Type |
Destroyer |
Class |
Bristol |
Pennant |
DD 640 |
Built by |
Charleston
Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
Ordered |
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Laid down |
1 May 1941 |
Launched |
20 Dec 1941 |
Commissioned |
7 May 1942 |
Lost |
6 Nov 1943 |
Loss position |
was sunk
after being torpedoed by a German aircraft off Cape Bougaroun, Algeria in
position 37º10'N, 06º00'E. |
History |
USS Beatty
(Lt.Cdr. F.C. Stelter)
12 of her crew were lost with the ship. |
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