USS Rinehart

USS Rinehart (DE-196) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II.

The ship entered the reserves after the end of the war, and in 1950 was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, where she served under the name De Bitter until 1967.

The ship was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey, on 21 October 1943; launched on 9 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy Ruth Rinehart; and commissioned at New York on 12 February 1944.

After an overhaul, Rinehart cleared New York with the rest of Escort Division 55 for refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Her mooring buoys were ripped loose, but skillful maneuvering enabled her to stay clear and aid the merchant ship get off the reef and into safe water to ride out the storm.

After acting as weather station ship off Pearl Harbor, she got underway from that port on 2 February for the east coast of the United States.

She served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS De Bitter (F807) until retired in December 1967 and sold in February 1968 for scrapping.