_underway_off_New_York_City_(USA),_8_June_1945_(19-N-84967).jpg) USS Rinehart (DE-196) off New York City, 8 June 1945
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Rinehart |
| Namesake | Clark Franklin Rinehart |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 21 October 1943 |
| Launched | 9 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 12 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 17 July 1946 |
| Stricken | 26 September 1950 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Netherlands, 1 June 1950 |
 Netherlands | |
| Name | HNLMS De Bitter (F807) |
| Acquired | 1 June 1950 |
| Decommissioned | December 1967 |
| Fate | Scrapped, February 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
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USS Rinehart (DE-196) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. The ship entered the reserves after the end of the war, and in 1950 was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, where she served under the name De Bitter until 1967. She was sold for scrap in 1968.