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USS Hubbard (DE 211)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 211 
Built byCharleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down11 Aug, 1943 
Launched11 Nov, 1943 
Commissioned6 Mar, 1944 
End service15 Mar, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryConverted to High Speed Transport and reclassified as APD-53 on 1 June 1945.
Decommissioned 15 March 1946.
Stricken 1 May 1966.
Sold 1 July 1968 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Hubbard include:

16 Jan, 1945
The German submarine U-248 was sunk in the North Atlantic in position 47º43'N, 26º37'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Hayter, USS Otter, USS Varian and USS Hubbard. (see map)

24 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-546 was sunk north-west of the Azores, in position 43º53'N, 40º07'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. (see map)


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