USS Solar (DE 221)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Buckley
Pennant	DE 221
Built by	Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered	8 Jun 1942
Laid down	22 Feb 1943
Launched	29 May 1943
Commissioned	15 Feb 1944
Lost	30 Apr 1946
History	USS Solar exploded at her berth at the Naval Ammunition Depot in Earle, New Jersey while unloading ammunition on April 30 1946. 7 members of her crew and dock workers were killed in the explosion and 65 were injured. Decomissioned 21 May 1946. Stricken 5 June 1946. Her hulk was towed 100 miles out to sea and scuttled in 700 fathoms of water on 9 June 1946.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Hadlai A Hull, USNR	15 Feb 1944	3 Dec 1944
2	Lcmdr Wendell Francis Grubbs, USN	3 Dec 1944	7 Sep 1945
3	Donough Prince, USNR	7 Sep 1945	22 Oct 1945

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