Allied Warships

USS Henry R. Kenyon (DE 683)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 683 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down29 Sep 1943 
Launched30 Oct 1943 
Commissioned30 Nov 1943 
End service3 Feb 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 3 February 1947.
Stricken 1 December 1969.
Sold 22 October 1970 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Henry R. Kenyon (DE 683)

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1Cdr. Charles Malaher Lyons, Jr., USN30 Nov 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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