| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 693 |
| Built by | Defoe Boat and Marine Works. (Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 9 Oct 1942 |
| Laid down | 14 Dec 1942 |
| Launched | 25 Mar 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 Aug 1943 |
| End service | 31 May 1946 |
| History | Converted to a High-speed Transport and redesignated as APD-78 on 31 July 1944. |
Commands listed for USS Bull (DE 693)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Duane Wesley Farnham, USNR | 12 Aug 1943 | 12 Dec 1943 |
| 2 | John Barry McLaughlin, USNR | 12 Dec 1943 | 9 Feb 1944 |
| 3 | Egbert Roscoe Ferguson, Jr., USNR | 9 Feb 1944 | 21 Mar 1945 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Merritt Berner, USNR | 21 Mar 1945 | 15 Aug 1945 |
| 5 | Francis Bowman Rauch, Jr., USNR | 15 Aug 1945 | Feb 1946 |
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Notable events involving Bull include:
16 Nov 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Towy (Cdr. M.J Evans, OBE, RN), HMS Scarborough (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Carnduff, RN), USS Bull, USS Schmitt and USS Frament. (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17788
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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