USS Bebas (DE-10) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945. Namesake Gus George Bebas was born on 24 February 1914 in Chicago, Illinois. He received his commission as an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve on 26 May 1938. Bebas attended the Northwestern University School of Engineering, earning a B.S. degree in commerce in 1939. While at Northwestern, Bebas served in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at that institution, and trained on board heavy cruiser between 16 and 30 June 1939. His commission as an ensign terminated under honorable conditions on 22 January 1940, Bebas enlisted the following day as a seaman second class. He completed one stint of elimination flight training at Naval Reserve Aviation Base Glenview between 14 February and 14 March 1940, and a second between 15 December 1940 and 15 January 1941. His enlistment terminated under honorable conditions on 19 February, he both received appointment as an aviation cadet, USNR, and reported for training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida the following day. Transferred to Naval Air Station Miami for further active duty undergoing training on 4 August, he was appointed a naval aviator (heavier than air) No. 8779, on 5 September. Released from active duty involving training on 25 September, he received promotion to ensign, A-V(N), USNR, the following day. Assigned to the Advanced Carrier Training Group, Atlantic Fleet, on 26 September, he reported to the Curtiss SBC Helldiver equipped Bombing Squadron 8 (VB-8), part of the Air Group on 23 December 1941. When Hornet sailed for the Pacific in March 1942, VB-8 was serving on board, ultimately re-equipping with the Douglas SBD Dauntless as that dive bomber became available in quantity. During the first day of the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942, Bebas flew with VB-8 in the first strike from Task Force 16, but his squadron did not locate the enemy, flying to Midway Atoll and then, after refueling, back to the ship. The next afternoon, 5 June, he participated in the search for the damaged Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Hiryū, rumored to be nearby. Not finding it (Hiryū had actually sunk long before), VB-8 attacked the destroyer Tanikaze instead. Bebas's bomb missed that ship, falling from its port quarter. On the afternoon of 6 June, he took part in strikes flown against the heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma