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U.S.S. BUNCH
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DE-694 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 23 FEB 1943 at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI | ||
MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943 | ||
AUG | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 21 AUG 1943 | ||
MAY | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 31 MAY 1946 |
DE-694 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Kenneth Cecil Bunch
Complement: 186 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 24 knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 11 May 1965