USS Bush (DD-529) [SEP] vessel class
USS Bush (DD-529)
USS "Bush" (DD-529), a "Fletcher"-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant William Sharp Bush, USMC, who served on the during the War of 1812.
"Bush" was launched 27 October 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif., sponsored by Miss Marion Jackson, great-great-grandniece of Lieutenant Bush; and commissioned 10 May 1943, Commander W. F. Peterson in command.
Service history.
the German submarine U-371 off Cape Bougaroun, Algeria, 12 October 1943.
USS "Brownson" (DD-518) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island, 26 December 1943.
USS "Buck" (DD-420) sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-616 off Salerno, Italy, 9 October 1943.
USS "Bush" (DD-529) sunk after being hit by three "kamikaze" aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 6 April 1945.
USS "Callaghan" (DD-792)