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USS Ira Jeffery (DE 63)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 63 
Built byBethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down13 Feb, 1943 
Launched15 May, 1943 
Commissioned15 Aug, 1943 
End service18 Jun, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryConverted to high speed transport and reclassified APD 44 on 23 February 1945.
The ship was used to transport underwater demolition team number 3.
This team cleared beaches in Japan for the occupation forces while operating from this ship.
Decommissioned 18 June 1946.
Stricken 1 June 1960.
Sunk as target in July 1962. 

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