| − | Begor (DE-711) was laid down on 6 March 1943 at Bay City, Mich., by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 25 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Katherine A. Begor, widow of the late Lieutenant (j.g.) Begor; reclassified as a high speed transport and redesignated APD-127 on 17 July 1944; and commissioned at New Orleans, La., on 14 March 1945, Lt. Comdr. Ben T. Brooks, USNR, in command. | + | [[USS]] '''Begor''' (DE-711) was laid down on 6 March 1943 at Bay City, [[Michigan]], by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 25 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Katherine A. Begor, widow of the late Lieutenant (j.g.) Begor; reclassified as a high speed transport and redesignated APD-127 on 17 July 1944; and commissioned at New Orleans, La., on 14 March 1945, Lt. Comdr. Ben T. Brooks, USNR, in command. |