Allied Warships

USS Burke (DE 215)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 215 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Jan 1943 
Launched3 Apr 1943 
Commissioned20 Jul 1943 
End service22 Jun 1949 
Loss position
 
History

Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified as APD-65 on 24 January 1945.
Decommissioned 22 June 1949.
Stricken 1 June 1968.
Transferred to Colombia 12 August 1968 being renamed Almirante Brion.
Almirante Brion was stricken and scrapped in 1974.

 

Commands listed for USS Burke (DE 215)

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1Lt.Cdr. Edwin K. Winn, USNR20 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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