| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 796 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 13 Nov 1942 |
| Laid down | 16 Aug 1943 |
| Launched | 23 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 Feb 1944 |
| End service | 13 Mar 1948 |
| History | Decommissioned 13 March 1948. |
Commands listed for USS Major (DE 796)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lcmdr Oscar William Goepner, USNR | 14 Feb 1944 | mid 1945 |
| 2 | A Knight, Jr., USNR | mid 1945 |
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