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DE-637 Bowers
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1943/05/28 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1943/10/31 | 1944/01/27 | 1961/01/31
scrap | |
| Namesake: Ens Robert Keith Bowers *1915/09/25, naval avaiator - KIA 41/12/07 onboard California | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 44: Ms 21, 45: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/04/06 | P.H. | 66 | |||
| 44/04/09 | 44/04/2? | escort convoy 4152-A from P.H. to Majuro, then sail to New Guinea | 66 | ||
| 44/05 | 44/06 | New Guinea - convoy and escort duties | 66 | ||
| 44/06 | 44/10 | N Solomons - | 66 | ||
| 44/10/12 | 44/11/14 | King2 | 77.7.1 | 66 | |
| 44/12 | 45/03 | SoWePac - convoy duty | 66 | ||
| 45/03/22 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 50.7 or 54.1.6 | 86 | |
| 45/04/16 | Iceber | 50.7 | ASpatr -damage(kami-2) 9 nm NNE of Ie Shima, Okinawa Gunto (26-52N, 127-52E) - 48 KIA, 56 WIA | 86 66 85 | |
| 45/04/16 | 45/05? | Kerama Retto - temporary repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/05 | 45/06 | sail from Kerama Retto to P.H. > San Diego > Panama | 66 | ||
| 45/06 | leftPac-Panama Canal-en route to PhiNY for repairs and conversion | 66 | |||