ðə bˈɑːndz wɜːɹ ˌoʊvɚsəbskɹˈaɪbd, ænd ðɛɹwˌʌz mˈʌni ɪnˈʌf tə pˈeɪ ðə kˈɔst ʌv tˈuː dᵻstɹˈɔɪɚɹ ˈɛskɔːɹts, wˈʌn ʌvwˈɪtʃ, də tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd θɹˈiː, wʌz nˈeɪmd ðə , lˈɑːntʃt æt ðə tʃˈɑːɹlstən nˈeɪvəl ʃˈɪpjɑːɹd ɪn ˈɔːɡəst nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi θɹˈiː.
The bonds were oversubscribed, and there was money enough to pay the cost of two destroyer escorts, one of which, DE-203, was named the , launched at the Charleston Naval Shipyard in August 1943.