Allied Warships

USS Willmarth (DE 638)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 638 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Jun 1943 
Launched21 Nov 1943 
Commissioned13 Mar 1944 
End service26 Apr 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 26 April 1946.
Stricken 1 December 1966.
Sold 1 July 1968 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Willmarth (DE 638)

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1Lt.Cdr. James G. Thorburn, Jr., USNR13 Mar 1944???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts

Bruce Hampton Franklin

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