Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Buckley |
Pennant | DE 66 |
Built by | Bethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 8 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 5 Jun 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 Aug 1943 |
End service | 3 Jul 1946 |
History | Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified as APD-46 on 23 February 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Amesbury (DE 66)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. Allen Bond Adams, Jr., USN | 31 Aug 1943 | 10 May 1944 |
2 | Arthur Borden Wilbor, USNR | 10 May 1944 | Nov 1945 |
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