USS Bates DE 68 APD 47

USS BATES (DE-68/APD-47)

Named for Ensign Edward M. Bates, b. 19 September 1919, Philadelphia, PA; KIA 7 December 1941 aboard ARIZONA (BB-39)

Type: TE
Builder: BHM
Keel laid 03/29/43
Launched 06/06/43
Commissioned 09/12/43
First CO: Lt Cdr E. H. Maher
Served at Normandy 6-12 June 1944
Redesignated 07/31/44

Unit of CortDiv 19
Parent ship for UDT-12 at Iwo Jima 02/16/45 through 03/04/45
Sunk 05/25/45
3 battle stars

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