Allied Warships

USS Hilbert (DE 742)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 742 
Built byWestern Pipe & Steel Co. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Mar 1943 
Launched18 Jul 1943 
Commissioned4 Feb 1944 
End service19 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 19 June 1946.
Stricken 1 August 1972.
Sold 15 October 1973 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Hilbert (DE 742)

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1Cdr. Joseph Webster Golinkin, USNR4 Feb 194425 Aug 1944

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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