Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 798 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Aug, 1943 |
| Launched | 6 Nov, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Feb, 1944 |
| End service | 15 Mar, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Decommissioned 15 March 1946.
Stricken 1 December 1972.
Sold 2 January 1974 and broken up for scrap. |
| Noteable events involving Varian include: 16 Jan, 1945
The German submarine U-248 was sunk in the North Atlantic in position 47º43'N, 26º37'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Hayter, USS Otter, USS Varian and USS Hubbard. (see map) 24 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-546 was sunk north-west of the Azores, in position 43º53'N, 40º07'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Flaherty, USS Neunzer, USS Chatelain, USS Varian, USS Hubbard, USS Janssen, USS Pillsbury and USS Keith. (see map) |
