| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 682 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 29 Oct 1942 |
| Laid down | 16 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 15 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 Nov 1943 |
| Lost | 24 Jul 1945 |
| Loss position | 19° 20'N, 126° 42'E |
| History | Sunk by a Kaiten torpedo from the Japanese submarine I-53 in the Philippine Sea east-north-east of Luzon in position 19º20'N, 126º42'E |
Commands listed for USS Underhill (DE 682)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Sidney Richmond Jackson, USNR | 15 Nov 1943 | 24 Aug 1944 |
| 2 | Robert Masten Newcomb, USNR | 24 Aug 1944 | 24 Jul 1945 (+) |
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