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Uss Bache (dd 470)


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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bache (DD/DDE-470), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was second ship of the United States Navy of that name. DD-470 was named for Commander George M. Bache. Bache was launched 7 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., sponsored by Miss Louise Bache, daughter of Commander Bache, and commissioned 14 November 1942, Commander J. N. Opie, III, in command. Reporting to the Atlantic Fleet, she acted as escort to a westbound convoy to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and then returned to New York for her post-shakedown overhaul. On 6 February 1943, she left Norfolk as escort for Victorious. The vessels arrived at Pearl Harbor 4 March 1943. On 10 May, after a training period, Bache departed for the Aleutian Islands. She served in the Aleutian area until December 1943, taking part in the bombardment of Kiska. After a brief overhaul at Pearl Harbor she joined the 7th Fleet 23 December 1943.


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