Allied Warships

USS Bray (DE 709)

Destroyer Escort of the Rudderow class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassRudderow 
PennantDE 709 
Built by 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Jan 1944 
Launched15 Apr 1944 
Commissioned4 Sep 1944 
End service10 May 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Reclassified APD-139 on 16 July 1945.
Decommissioned on 10 May 1946.
Stricken from the naval register on 1 June 1960.
Sunk as a target on 27 March 1963.

 

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1Cdr. J. A. Hetherington, USNR4 Sep 1944???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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