USS Waterman (DE 740)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Cannon
Pennant	DE 740
Built by	Western Pipe & Steel Co. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Nov 1942
Laid down	24 Feb 1943
Launched	20 Jun 1943
Commissioned	30 Nov 1943
End service	31 May 1946
History	Decommissioned 31 May 1946. Stricken by the U.S.N. 18 April 1952. Transferred to Peru 21 February 1952 being renamed Aguirre. Aguirre was sunk as target in 1974.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lcmdr Walton Beardslee Hinds, USNR	30 Nov 1943	25 Jul 1944
2	John H. Stahle, USNR	25 Jul 1944

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