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USS Bowers (DE-637/APD-40), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert K. Bowers (1915-1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Bowers was laid down on 28 May 1943 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; launched on 31 October, sponsored by Mrs. Eunice Bowers, the mother of Ens. Bowers; and commissioned on 27 January 1944.

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  • USS Bowers (DE-637/APD-40), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert K. Bowers (1915-1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Bowers was laid down on 28 May 1943 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; launched on 31 October, sponsored by Mrs. Eunice Bowers, the mother of Ens. Bowers; and commissioned on 27 January 1944. (en)
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  • *Scrapped in 1966
  • *Sent to the Philippines on 21 April 1961, renamed Rajah Soliman (D-66)
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  • *3 × cal. guns *4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun Anti-Aircraft guns *8 × 20 mm guns *3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes *1 × hedgehog projector *8 × K-gun depth charge projectors *2 × depth charge tracks (en)
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  • *1400 tons standard *1740 tons full load (en)
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  • *9.5 ft standard *11.25 ft full load (en)
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  • USS Bowers (en)
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  • *2 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive *2 solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8.5 ft. diameter, 7 ft 7 inch pitch *12,000 hp *2 rudders (en)
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  • *359 tons oil *3700 nm. at 15 knots *6000 nmi. at 12 knots (en)
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  • USS Bowers (DE-637/APD-40), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert K. Bowers (1915-1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Bowers was laid down on 28 May 1943 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; launched on 31 October, sponsored by Mrs. Eunice Bowers, the mother of Ens. Bowers; and commissioned on 27 January 1944. (en)
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