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U.S.S. BAKER

(DE-190)

THE FAMOUS BAKER

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DE-190 Deployments - Major Events

Add a DE-190 Shellback Initiation Add a DE-190 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1943-Keel Date: 9 SEP 1943
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newark NJ
NOV1943-Launch Date: 28 NOV 1943
DEC1943-Commissioned: 23 DEC 1943
MAR1946-Decommissioned: 4 MAR 1946

DE-190 General Specifications

Class: Cannon-class destroyer escort

Named for: John Drayton Baker

Complement: 15 Officers and 201 Enlisted

Displacement: 1240 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36 feet 10 inches

Flank Speed: 21 knots

Range: 10 800 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to France 29 March 1952