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Allied Warships

USS Baker (DE 190)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 190 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.)Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Sep, 1943 
Launched28 Nov, 1943 
Commissioned23 Dec, 1943 
End service4 Mar, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 4 March 1946.
Stricken by the U.S.N. 18 April 1952.
Transferred to France 29 March 1952 being renamed Malgache.
Malgache was stricken in 1969 and sunk as a target in 1970. 

Noteable events involving Baker include:

5 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-233 was sunk south-east of Halifax, in position 42º16'N, 59º49'W by ramming, depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer escorts USS Baker and USS Thomas. (see map)


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