USS Bebas DE 10

USS BEBAS DE-10

Named for Ensign Gus George Bebas, b. 24 February 1914, Chicago, IL;
awarded DFC; KIA 19 July 1942

Type: GMT
Builder: BNY
Laid down for Great Britain (BDE)
Keel laid 11/27/42
Launched 01/09/43
Commissioned 05/15/43
First CO: Lt Cdr G. B. Gilbertson
Arrived Nouméa, New Caledonia, September 1943
Decommissioned 10/18/45
Stricken 11/01/45
Sold 01/08/47, scrapped February 1947

Unit of CortDiv 8, Pacific

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

Photo courtesy of the USN War College