USS Bowers

Aerial shot of USS Bowers (DE-637) off Alameda, California.
History
United States
NameBowers
Ordered1942
BuilderBethlehem Steel
Laid down28 May 1943
Launched31 October 1943
Commissioned27 January 1944
Recommissioned6 February 1951
Decommissioned18 December 1958
Reclassified25 June 1945
Stricken1 May 1961
IdentificationHull number: DE-637/APD-40
FateTransferred to the Philippines on 21 April 1961
Philippines
NameRajah Soliman
Acquired31 October 1960
Commissionedunconfirmed
DecommissionedDecember 1964
StrickenDecember 1964
IdentificationD-66
FateSunk 29 June 1964, raised December 1964. Hulk sold to Mitsubishi International Corp., January 1966
General characteristics
Class & typeBuckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,400 long tons (1,400 t) standard
  • 1,740 long tons (1,770 t) full load
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft
  • 9.5 ft (2.9 m) standard
  • 11.25 ft (3.43 m) full load
Propulsion
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance359 long tons (365 t) oil
Complement15 officers, 198 enlisted
Armament

USS Bowers (DE-637/APD-40) was 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. The ship 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 Ensign Bowers; and commissioned on 27 January 1944. The ship served in World War II in the Pacific

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