Allied Warships

USS Bull (DE 693)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 693 
Built byDefoe Boat and Marine Works. (Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Dec 1942 
Launched25 Mar 1943 
Commissioned12 Aug 1943 
End service31 May 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Converted to a High-speed Transport and redesignated as APD-78 on 31 July 1944.
Decommissioned 31 May 1946, at San Diego, California.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Stricken 1 April 1964.
Sold in 1965 to be broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Bull (DE 693)

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1Lt. David West Farnham, USNR12 Aug 1943???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts

Bruce Hampton Franklin

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