| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 153 |
| Built by | Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 7 Sep, 1942 |
| Launched | 6 Feb, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 1 Apr, 1943 |
| End service | 11 Oct, 1947 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 11 October 1947. Stricken 30 June 1968. Used as explosives test ship from 1968 till 1971. Sunk as a target 1 March 1971. |
| Noteable events involving Reuben James (ii) include: 19 Apr, 1945 |