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DE-68 / APD-47 Bates

Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham MA.; Launched 6 June 1943; Commissioned USS Bates (DE-68), 12 September 1943; Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport by Marine Basin Co., Brooklyn NY; redesignated (APD-47), 31 July 1944; Final Disposition, lost to enemy action 25 May 1945, sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown(.

Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 36' 10"; Draft 13' 6" (max); Speed 24 kts; Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 186; Troop Capacity 162; Boats 4 LCVP landing craft; Armament 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 8 single 20mm gun mounts, 2 depth charge tracks; Propulsion, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers 2 shafts, 12,000 Shaft horsepower.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	34k	-		Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
	33k	After Japanese air attack 25 May 1945		Hyperwar US Navy in World War II

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DE Pages, USS Bates (DE-68)
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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