USS Bell (DD-587) [SEP] vessel class
USS Bell (DD-587)
USS "Bell" (DD-587) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Rear Admiral Henry H. Bell (1808–1868).
"Bell" was launched 24 June 1942 by Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Clea Cooke Hulse, great-grandniece of Admiral Bell; and commissioned 4 March 1943, Commander L.C. Peatross in command.
Service history.
Until November 1943 "Bell" operated on patrol and escort in the North Atlantic,
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456. USS "Bell" (DD-587)
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