USS Bunch

	USS Bunch (DE-694), running trials in Lake Huron on 25 July 1943
History
United States
Name	Bunch
Namesake	Kenneth Cecil Bunch
Ordered	9 October 1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	23 February 1943
Launched	29 May 1943
Commissioned	21 August 1943
Decommissioned	31 May 1946
Reclassified	APD-79, 31 July 1944
Stricken	1 April 1964
Honors &; awards	2 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 11 May 1965
General characteristics
Class & type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light; 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) standard;
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW); 2 shafts;
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Boats & landing; craft carried	4 × LCVP landing craft (as APD)
Troops	162 troops (as APD)
Complement	186
Armament	As DE :; 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns; 1 × quad 1.1 in (28 mm)/75 caliber gun; 8 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons; 1 × triple 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks; As APD :; 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber gun; 3 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns; 6 × single 20 mm Oerlikon cannons; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Bunch (DE-694) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named after Kenneth Cecil Bunch, killed in action on 6 June 1942 while flying as radioman-gunner in an SBD Dauntless dive bomber during the Battle of Midway. Bunch was a native of Norman County, Minnesota.

History
USS Bunch (DE-694), running trials in Lake Huron on 25 July 1943
United States
Name	Bunch
Namesake	Kenneth Cecil Bunch
Ordered	9 October 1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	23 February 1943
Launched	29 May 1943
Commissioned	21 August 1943
Decommissioned	31 May 1946
Reclassified	APD-79, 31 July 1944
Stricken	1 April 1964
Honors & awards	2 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 11 May 1965
General characteristics
Class & type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) standard
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) 2 shafts
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	4 × LCVP landing craft (as APD)
Troops	162 troops (as APD)
Complement	186
Armament	As DE : 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 1 × quad 1.1 in (28 mm)/75 caliber gun 8 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons 1 × triple 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks As APD : 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber gun 3 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 6 × single 20 mm Oerlikon cannons 2 × depth charge tracks