USS Bowers DE 637 APD 40

USS BOWERS DE-637/APD-40

Named for Ensign Robert Keith Bowers, b. 25 September 1915, Ellensburg, WA; KIA 7 December 1941 aboard CALIFORNIA (BB-44)

Type: TE
Builder: BSF
Keel laid 05/28/43
Launched 10/31/43
Commissioned 01/27/44
First CO: Lt Cdr Frederick W. Hawes (2)
Redesignated 06/25/45
Decommissioned 02/10/47; four battle stars
Recommissioned 02/06/51-12/18/58
To The Philippines as RAJAH SOLIMAN 04/21/61
Stricken 05/01/61
Scrapped 1966

Unit of CortDiv 40

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

Photo courtesy of the USN War College