USS Lloyd (DE-209/APD-63), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign William R. Lloyd (1916–1942), who was killed in action while serving aboard the USS Oahu on 6 May 1942 during the Battle of Corregidor.
Lloyd was laid down on 26 July 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard, launched on 23 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ella Lee Lloyd, mother of Ensign Lloyd; and commissioned on 11 February 1944, Lieutenant Commander Peter N. Gammelgard in command.
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