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Allied Warships

USS Bostwick (DE 103)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 103 
Built byDravo Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down6 Feb, 1943 
Launched30 Aug, 1943 
Commissioned1 Dec, 1943 
End service30 Apr, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 30 April 1946.
Stricken 10 February 1949.
Transferred to China 14 December 1948 being renamed Tai Tsang.
Tai Tsang escaped to Taiwan with Nationalist forces in 1949.
Tai Tsang was stricken in 1975 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Bostwick include:

1 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-709 was sunk north of the Azores, in approximate position 49º10'N, 26º00'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Thomas, USS Bostwick and USS Bronstein. (see map)

30 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-879 was sunk east of Cape Hatteras, USA, in position 36º34'N, 74º00'W, by depth charges from the US patrol frigate USS Natchez and the US destroyer escorts USS Coffman, USS Bostwick and USS Thomas. (see map)


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