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DE- 637 / APD 40 USS BOWERS

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco CA on 28 May 1943
Launched 31 October 1943, Commissioned 27 January 1944
Reclassified and converted to APD- 40 at the Philadelphia NSY, 25 June 1945
Decommissioned 10 February 1947, Recommissioned 6 February 1951
Assigend as NRT ship, 5th Naval District at Norfolk VA, March 1955
Decommissioned 18 December 1958, Stricken 1 May 1961
Fate: To Philippines 21 April 1961, Renamed Rajah Soliman (D-66)
Sunk in Typhoon at Bataan National Shipyard, June 1962, Raised and stricken in December 1964
Broken up for scrap in 1966

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Bowers 33k NAS Alameda on 5 Feb 1945. NARA 80G 216256 - an aerial shot Contributed by Rob Rielly, National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
Bowers 26k 16 April 1945. Crashed Japanese Oscar is on the bridge. NARA 80G 315254. This is the port side view Contributed by Rob Rielly, National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

USS BOWERS DE- 637 / APD 40 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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