| rdfs:comment | - USS Wyffels (DE-6) was a Evarts-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lawrence Edward Wyffels. Intended for transfer to Great Britain, Wyffels was laid down as BDE-6 on 17 October 1942 at Charlestown, Massachusetts, by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 7 December 1942; retained by the United States and redesignated DE-6 on 25 January 1943; renamed Wyffels on 19 February 1943; and commissioned on 15 April 1943, Lieutenant Robert Messigner Hinckley, Jr., in command.
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| abstract | - USS Wyffels (DE-6) was a Evarts-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lawrence Edward Wyffels. Intended for transfer to Great Britain, Wyffels was laid down as BDE-6 on 17 October 1942 at Charlestown, Massachusetts, by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 7 December 1942; retained by the United States and redesignated DE-6 on 25 January 1943; renamed Wyffels on 19 February 1943; and commissioned on 15 April 1943, Lieutenant Robert Messigner Hinckley, Jr., in command.
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