Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Buckley |
Pennant | DE 634 |
Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 7 Aug 1942 |
Laid down | 21 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 5 Sep 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 Nov 1943 |
End service | 1 Aug 1962 |
History | Decommissioned 27 November 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Whitehurst (DE 634)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | James Robert Gray, USN | 19 Nov 1943 | 1 Sep 1944 |
2 | Jack Carter Horton, USNR | 1 Sep 1944 | 5 Dec 1945 |
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This ship was used in the movie "The Enemy Below" and had the hull number painted on the bow as DE 181. (1)
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