Keywords: USS Basilone (DDE-824) underway in 1949.jpg The U S Navy anti-submarine destroyer USS Basilone DDE-824 underway off Boston Massachusetts USA on 21 July 1949 Basilone was launched at Orange Texas USA in 1945 but was not completed She was towed to Quincy Massachusetts where the ship was converted to an anti-submarine destroyer by the Bethlehem Steel Co Redesignated DDE-824 on 28 January 1948 Basilone was commissioned on 26 July 1949 She was completed without torpedo tubes but fitted with the Mk 108 launcher for the RUR-4 Weapon Alpha U S Navy photo http //www navsource org/archives/05/0582402 jpg NH 103384 from http //www navsource org/archives/05/824 htm Navsource org 1949-07-21 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Basilone DD-824 |