Allied Warships

USS Foss (DE 59)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 59 
Built byBethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down31 Dec 1942 
Launched10 Apr 1943 
Commissioned23 Jul 1943 
End service30 Oct 1957 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 30 October 1957.
Stricken 1 November 1965.
Sold in 1966 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Foss (DE 59)

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1Lt.Cdr. J. J. Jordy, USNR23 Jul 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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