USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-219. Philadelphia Navy Yard laid her down on 22 February 1943 and launched her on 29 May 1943. Commissioned on 15 December 1943. Commander Ralph Baker Randolph was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Majuro and the Admiralty Islands. The Navy credited her with 3 battle stars.
| Class | Buckley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-219 |
| Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-05-29 |
| Commissioned | 1943-12-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 20 April 1946. The Navy later expended her as a target. |
| Armament (class) | Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount. |
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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 J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 13 November 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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