USS Bates

History
United States
Name	USS Bates
Builder	Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
Launched	6 June 1943
Commissioned	13 September 1943
Reclassified	APD-47, 31 July 1944
Honors and awards	3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sunk by Kamikazes[1] off Okinawa, 25 May 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) standard
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full load
Propulsion	Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW)
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
Armament	3 × single 3-inch/50-caliber guns 1 × quad 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun 8 × single 20 mm guns 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Bates (DE-68/APD-47) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945. She sank after being hit by three kamikaze on 25 May 1945.