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. |
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)
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Sources
- ADM 173/20128
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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