| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 642 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1942 |
| Laid down | 26 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 12 Mar 1944 |
| Commissioned | 25 May 1944 |
| End service | 3 Feb 1947 |
| History | Decommissioned 3 February 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Paul G. Baker (DE 642)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Wallace Gordon Cornell, USNR | 25 May 1944 | 1 Sep 1945 |
| 2 | Ellmore C. Patterson, Jr., USNR | 1 Sep 1945 | 15 Dec 1945 |
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