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Darby

Afloat

Buckley-class destroyer escort, DE-218. Philadelphia Navy Yard laid her down on 22 February 1943 and launched her on 29 May 1943. Commissioned on 15 November 1943. Commander Denis D. Humphreys was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Espiritu Santo, Emirau, Eniwetok, and Manus. The Navy credited her with 2 battle stars.

Class	Buckley class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-218
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Launched	1943-05-29
Commissioned	1943-11-15
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 28 April 1947. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)	Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Humphreys, Denis D. Commanding officer from 15 November 1943

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

U.S. Navy. USS Darby (DE-218) underway at sea in late 1944 (80-G-335073).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

DHHumphreys, Denis D.Commanding officer from 15 November 1943

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