Burges K 347

BURGES (DE-12/K-347)

Named for Captain R. Burges (Camperdown, 1798)

Type: GMT
Builder: BNY
Keel laid 12/08/42
Launched 01/26/43
Commissioned 06/02/43
First CO: Lt Cdr H. Hill, RNR
Decommissioned 02/27/46
Stricken 03/28/46
Unit of 4th, 17th EGs
Assisted in sinking a U-boat

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