Bickerton K 466

BICKERTON (DE-75/K-466)

Named for Sir R. Bickerton (Ushant, 1778)

Type: TE
Builder: BHM
Laid down as USS EISELE
Keel laid 05/03/43
Launched 07/24/43
Commissioned 10/17/43
First CO: Lt E. M. Thorpe, RN
Unit of 5th EG
Assisted in sinking one U-boat, sank another
Sunk 08/24/44

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006