| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | John C. Butler |
| Pennant | DE 402 |
| Built by | Brown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Aug, 1943 |
| Launched | 16 Nov, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 26 Feb, 1944 |
| End service | Mar, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned in March 1946. Stricken 30 June 1968. Sunk as a target off the coast of California 24 June 1969. |
| Noteable events involving Richard S. Bull include: 28 Oct, 1944 |