Destroyer Escorts

The Buckley class destroyer escort USS Willmarth (DE-638) from the port bow wearing Measure 31/10D in San Francisco Bay on May 16, 1944. The vertical colors are dull black and haze gray.
Photo source: NARA BS 65232.

  Willmarth is shown again from the starboard side in San Francisco Bay on May 16, 1944.  Willmarth had been commissioned on March 13, 1944.  
Photo source: NARA BS 65231.

USS Willmarth (DE-638) is seen from the starboard stern quarter in San Francisco Bay on May 16, 1944. The black panel at the stern wraps completely around. Willmarth has a 1.1-inch AA mounted on the aft deckhouse position.
Photo source: NARA BS 65233.

Willmarth is seen again on May 16, 1944, again in San Francisco Bay.
Photo source: NARA BS 65235.

Willmarth in another view from the port quarter wearing Measure 32/10D on May 16, 1944, in San Francisco Bay.
Photo source: NARA BS 65234.

Willmarth is seen on May 16, 1944, wearing freshly painted 31/10D, again at San Francisco Bay.
Photo source: NARA 19-LCM-DE638-4.

Willmarth is seen one last time on May 16, 1944, wearing 31/10D again in San Francisco Bay. Notice how the black panel wraps around the stern.
Photo source: NARA BS 65236.