USS Solar (DE-221), 1944-1946

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USS Solar, a 1400-ton Buckley class destroyer escort, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in February 1944, she served in the Atlantic on convoy escort and training duties during the remainder of World War II. Late in 1945, Solar was assigned to the Operational Development Force. On 30 April 1946, while discharging ammunition at Earle, New Jersey, an explosion wrecked the ship's forward structure, killing 165 sailors and injuring many others. Though Solar did not sink, she was wrecked beyond repair and was scuttled at sea in June 1946.

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