USS Bearss (DD-654) [SEP] vessel class
USS Bearss
USS "Bearss" (DD-654) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Brigadier General Hiram I. Bearss (1875–1938), USMC, who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Philippine-American War.
"Bearss" was launched 25 July 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. Louise Bearss, widow of General Bearss; and commissioned 12 April 1944, Commander J. A. Webster in command.
Service history.
Service history World War II.
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441. USS "Batfish" (SS-310)
442. USS "Baxter" (APA-94)
443. USS "Baya" (SS-318)
444. USS "Bayfield" (APA-33)
445. USS "Bayonne" (PF-21)
446. USS "Beale" (DD-471)
447. USS "Bearss" (DD-654)
448. USS "Beatty" (DD-640)
449. USS "Beatty" (DD-756)
450. USS "Beaverhead" (