USS Paul G. Baker (DE-755)
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USS Paul G. Baker (DE-755) was a United States Navy
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proposed during World War II
World War II
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but never completed.
The construction contract
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for Paul G. Baker was cancelled in 1944 before she could be completed. The incomplete ship was scrapped.
The name Paul G. Baker was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Paul G. Baker (DE-642)
USS Paul G. Baker (DE-642)
USS Paul G. Baker was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Paul G. Baker , a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism during the Battle of the Coral Sea.Paul G...
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