USS Underhill (DE 682)

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Navy US Navy
Type Destroyer Escort
Class Buckley 
Pennant DE 682 
Built by Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Laid down 16 Sep 1943 
Launched 15 Oct 1943 
Commissioned 15 Nov 1943 
Lost 24 Jul 1945 
Loss position Sunk by a Kaiten torpedo  in position 19.20N, 126.42E
History From the Japanese submarine I-53 in the Philippine Sea east-north-east of Luzon in position 19º20'N, 126º42'E
Broke in two and foundered instantly, 112 of her crew were lost with the ship. 
Commanders Lt.Cdr. Sidney R. Jackson, USNR 15 Nov 1943 to 24 Aug 1944

Lt.Cdr. Robert Masten Newcomb, USN 24 Aug 1944 to 24 Jul 1945

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