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USS Baker (DE 190)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - G - D

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201

Baker (DE 190) Building and Operational Data:

09 September 1943: Keel laid by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Port Newark, N.J.

28 November 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Baker, the mother of Ens. Baker

23 December 1943: Commissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Lcdr Luke B. Lockwood, USNR, in command

04 March 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 2¼ months of service

29 March 1952: Transferred (MDAP) to France, renamed Malgache (F-724) (struck 1969, sunk as a target 1970)

18 April 1952: Struck from the NVR

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0619002	93k	undated wartime image	Joseph Uhelski via Pete Richard
0619003	69k	program from *Baker*'s visit to Wilmington DE
0619004	204k	13 January 1946: the Copley Plaza in Boston - The starboard liberty section at a ship’s company party.
0619005	210k	26 February 1956: Genoa, Italy - FNS *Malgache* moored on a port visit to Italy.	Carlo Martinelli Genoa, Italy
0619006	89k	FNS *Malgache* at anchor, circa 1968	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Baker History
View the USS Baker (DE 190) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Baker's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 23 Dec. 1943 - 14 Jun. 1944	Lcdr. Luke B. Lockwood,USNR (comm.)
2.) 14 Jun. 1944 - 09 Aug. 1945	Lcdr. Norman Cutten Hoffman, USNR
3.) 09 Aug. 1945 - 16 Nov. 1945	Lcdr. Charles Garrison Meyer, Jr., USNR
4.) 16 Nov. 1945 - 07 Feb. 1946	Lcdr. Hollis Clifton Rawls, Jr., USNR
5.) 07 Feb. 1946 - 20 Jun. 1946	Lt.(jg) Howard Dilworth Edwards, USNR (decomm.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Baker

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