USS BASSETT DE 672 APD 73

USS BASSETT DE-672/APD-73

Named for Ensign Edgar R. Bassett, b. 10 March 1914, Philadelphia, PA; served in Fighting Squadron 3, YORKTOWN (CV-5); KIA 4 June 1942, Battle of Midway;
credited with two victories

Type: TE
Builder: COT
Keel laid 11/28/43
Launched 01/15/44
Redesignated 06/27/44
Commissioned 02/23/45
First CO: Lt Cdr H. H. Theriault (2)
Decommissioned 04/29/46
Recommissioned 12/07/50
Stricken 05/01/67
To Colombia as ALMIRANTE TONO 09/06/68
Stricken 1977
Assisted victims of hurricane Janet in Tampico, Mexico, October 1955

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

Photo courtesy of the USN War College