USS Bangust

USS Bangust was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. In 1952, she was sold to Peru, where she served as BAP Castilla (D-61). She was decommissioned and scrapped in 1979.

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BAP Castilla; D-61; DE-739
beam 11 metre, length 93.27 metre, draft 3.5 metre, speed 21 knot, 
Cannon-class destroyer escort, destroyer escort, United States Navy, Western Pipe and Steel Company, Peruvian Navy, 

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1943-10-30T00:00:00Z

1943-10-30T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1946-11-17T00:00:00Z

1946-11-17T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1943-06-06T00:00:00Z

1943-06-06T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1943-02-11T00:00:00Z

1943-02-11T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

USS Bangust (DE-739) underway at sea, circa in 1943

Overhead view of the Peruvian frigate BAP Castilla (D-61), in 1954 (NH 87846)

USS Bangust (DE-739) at anchor, circa in 1943 (NH 79818)

USS Dixie (AD-14) and four destroyer escorts at anchor at San Diego, California (USA), in March 1957 (80-G-1013561)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Bangust (DE-739) underway at sea, circa in 1943		Commons
commons	image		Overhead view of the Peruvian frigate BAP Castilla (D-61), in 1954 (NH 87846)		Commons
commons	image		USS Bangust (DE-739) at anchor, circa in 1943 (NH 79818)		Commons
commons	image		USS Dixie (AD-14) and four destroyer escorts at anchor at San Diego, California (USA), in March 1957 (80-G-1013561)		Commons