| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | John C. Butler |
| Pennant | DE 510 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 3 Feb 1943 |
| Laid down | 27 Apr 1944 |
| Launched | 6 Aug 1944 |
| Commissioned | 24 Mar 1945 |
| End service | 2 Jan 1958 |
| History | Decommissioned 20 June 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Heyliger (DE 510)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Arthur Freeburn Chace, Jr., USNR | 24 Mar 1945 | Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Heyliger include:
13 May 1945
Around 0820R/13, in approximate position 20°06'N, 73°45'W (in the Windward Passage), the escort carrier HMS Ranee (A/Capt. J.A.W. Tothill, DSC, RN) was joined by the destroyer escort USS Heyliger (Lt. A.F. Chace, Jr., USNR). (1)
16 May 1945
Around 0930Q/16, HMS Ranee (A/Capt. J.A.W. Tothill, DSC, RN) and USS Heyliger (Lt. A.F. Chace, Jr., USNR) parted company off Chesapeake Bay which HMS Ranee then entered. She arrived at Norfolk later that morning. USS Heyliger continued on to New York where she arrived the following day. (1)
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Sources
- ADM 53/122098 + War diary of USS Heyliger for May 1945
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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