USS Bridget (DE-1024)

USS "Bridget" (DE-1024) was a sclass|Dealey|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. 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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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b9/bridget-i.htm history.navy.mil: USS "Bridget"]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021024.htm navsource.org: USS "Bridget"]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de1024.htm hazegray.org: USS "Bridget"]