Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Buckley |
Pennant | DE 63 |
Built by | Bethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 13 Feb 1943 |
Launched | 15 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 Aug 1943 |
End service | 18 Jun 1946 |
History | Converted to high speed transport and reclassified APD 44 on 23 February 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Ira Jeffery (DE 63)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Robert Atwood Fitch, USNR | 15 Aug 1943 | 10 Feb 1944 |
2 | George Reginald Cassels-Smith, USNR | 10 Feb 1944 | 2 May 1944 |
3 | Lcmdr Alexander Malcolm White, USNR | 2 May 1944 | 30 May 1944 |
4 | Lt.Cdr. George Reginald Cassels-Smith, USNR | 30 May 1944 | 12 Oct 1944 |
5 | Lt. William Henry Doheny, USNR | 12 Oct 1944 | Nov 1945 |
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