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DE- 637 / APD 40 USS BOWERS

CLASS - Buckley
Displacement 1,400 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 37' x 13' 6" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 8 x 20 mmAA, 3 x 21"TT (1x3) 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem San Francisco on May 28 1943.
Launched October 31 1943.
Commissioned January 27 1944.
Reclassified and converted to APD- 40, June 25 1945.
Decommissioned 10 February 1947.
Recommissioned 6 February 1951.
Decommissioned 18 December 1956
Stricken May 1 1961.
Fate To Philippines April 21 1961.
Renamed Rajah Soliman.
Sunk in Typhoon, 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

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