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Greenwood

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ClassBuckley class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-679
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched1943-08-21
Commissioned1943-09-25
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 20 February 1967. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

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.

Greenwood
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-95181. USS Greenwood (DE-679) underway in 1944 (19-N-95181).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Greenwood, hull DE-679, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, laid her down on 29 June 1943 and launched her on 21 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 25 September 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander A. W. Slayton.

Her Pacific duty took her to New Guinea, Leyte, the Philippines, and Iwo Jima. She was credited with 2 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 20 February 1967. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.