USS Bridget
1956 Dealey-class destroyer escort
USS Bridget (DE-1024) was a Dealey-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Francis Joseph Bridget, a naval aviator who served on the Commander's Staff of Patrol Wing 10 during the Japanese attack on the Philippines on 8 December 1941. Bridget commanded a Naval Battalion during the Battle of the Points. He was taken prisoner with the American forces on Bataan and was killed 15 December 1944 when a Japanese prison ship in which he was embarked was sunk off Olongapo, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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