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Hull Number: DE-572

Launch Date: 12/18/1943


Class: BUCKLEY

BUCKLEY Class


Namesake: SIR ROBERT HOLMES

SIR ROBERT HOLMES

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, July 2015

Sir Robert Holmes, a British naval commander distinguished for service in the Dutch Wars.


Disposition:

To Britain. returned to the United States, stricken 7 February 1946, and sold to Walter H. Wilms & Co., Detroit, Mich., in October 1947. Holmes was subsequently scrapped.


USS HOLMES DE-572 Ship History

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, July 2015

Holmes (DE-572) was launched by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Mass., 18 December 1943. Designated for transfer to Great Britain under Lend-Lease, she was delivered and commissioned by the Royal Navy 31 January 1944. After serving throughout the rest of the war as an escort vessel, she was returned to the United States, stricken, from the Navy List 7 February 1946, and sold to Walter H. Wilms & Co., Detroit, Mich., in October 1947. Holmes was subsequently scrapped.