Allied Warships

USS Spangenberg (DE 223)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Buckley
Pennant	DE 223
Built by	Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered	8 Jun 1942
Laid down	5 Apr 1943
Launched	3 Jul 1943
Commissioned	15 Mar 1944
End service	18 Oct 1947
History	Decommissioned 18 October 1947. Stricken 1 November 1965. Sold 3 October 1966 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Spangenberg (DE 223)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Thomas Handasyde Perkins Whitney, USNR	15 Apr 1944	late 1945

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Notable events involving Spangenberg include:

6 May 1945
HMS Universal (Lt. S.S. Brooks, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with USS Alexander J. Luke (Lt.Cdr. L.M. Griffin, USNR) and USS Spangenberg (Lt.Cdr. T.H.P. Whitney, USNR). (1)