USS Whitehurst
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USS Whitehurst (DE-634), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Henry Purefoy Whitehurst, Jr., a crew member of the Astoria (CA-34) who was killed during the Battle of Savo Island in August 1942.
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Name | USS Whitehurst |
Namesake | Henry Purefoy Whitehurst, Jr. |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 21 March 1943 |
Launched | 5 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 27 November 1946 |
Recommissioned | 1 September 1950 |
Decommissioned | 6 December 1958 |
Recommissioned | 2 October 1961 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1962 |
Stricken | 12 July 1969 |
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Fate | Sunk as a target by Trigger (SS-564) on 28 April 1971 |
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Class and type | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
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Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
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