Allied Warships

USS Bivin (DE 536)

Destroyer Escort of the John C. Butler class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassJohn C. Butler 
PennantDE 536 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down3 Nov 1943 
Launched7 Dec 1943 
Commissioned31 Oct 1944 
End service15 Jan 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 15 January 1947.
Stricken 30 June 1968.
Sunk as a target off the coast of California 17 July 1969.

 

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1Lt.Cdr. Monroe Kelly, USN31 Oct 1944???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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