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'''USS ''Lovelace'' (DE-198)''' was a {{sclass-|Buckley|destroyer escort}} in the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for naval aviator [[Donald Lovelace|Donald Alexander Lovelace]] (1906–1942).
''Lovelace'' was laid down on 22 May 1943; launched on 4 July 1943 by [[Norfolk Navy Yard]], [[Portsmouth, Virginia|Portsmouth]], [[Virginia]]; [[Sponsor (military)|sponsored]] by Mrs. Donald A. Lovelace, [[widow]]; and commissioned on 7 November 1943, with [[Lt. Comdr.]] R. D. de Kay, Jr., in command.
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