file created: 12/07/02 00:12:59 , last update: 05/31/02
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DE-739 Bangust
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Cannon - . .
Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal.
1943/06/06 1943/10/30 1952/02
sold
Namesake: AMM2/c George Bangust *1916/05/30, KIA 1941/12/27, NC for extraordinary heroism as a waist gunner of a PBY during a bombing attack against Japanese shipping in Jolo Harbor, Philippine Islands
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/03/15 44/04/05 Desec1 50.17     66 
44/06/1? 44/08/11 Forage 50.17     66 
44/06/10       sinking RO-42 70 nm NE off Kwajalein (10-05N, 168-22E)   66  85 
44/06/25       departed Eniwetok   88 
44/09/11 44/10/13 Stale2 30.8     66 
44/10/13 44/11/ King2 30.8     66 
44/12 44/12/26 Love3 30.8 land Mindoro   66 
45/01/0? 45/01/2? Mike1 30.8     66 
45/02/1? 45/03 Detach 50.8     66 
45/03/1? 45/05/28 Iceber 50.8     66 
45/05/28 45/06/1? Iceber 30.8     66 
45/07/0? 45/08/15   30.8     66 
45/08/27       boarded I-14 450 nm E of Nojima-zaki   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 11 Battle Stars
Notice: sold to Peru > Castilla