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The Buckley class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943 - 1944. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. The lead ship was USS Buckley (DE-51) which was launched on 9 January 1943. The ships had General Electric steam turbo electric drive engines. The ships were prefabricated at various factories in the United States, and the units brought together in the shipyards, where they were welded together on the slipways. USS Varian (DE-798) From [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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A Destroyer Escort (DE) is a small, fast warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships. ...
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A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support. ...
Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ...
USS Buckley (DE/DER-51), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman John D. Buckley ( 1920– 1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands. ...
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Prefabrication is the practice of manufacturing the parts of an assembly in one location, ready for them to be assembled in another place. ...
A slipway inside the Cobb at Lyme Regis, England A slipway, boat slip or just a slip, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. ...
Forty-six of the Buckleys were delivered to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease agreement. They were classed as frigates and named after captains of the Napoleonic Wars, and formed part of the Captain class frigates along with 32 ships of the Evarts class. Jump to: navigation, search The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...
The Lend-Lease program was a program of the United States during World War II that allowed the United States to provide the Allied Powers with war material without becoming directly involved in the war. ...
Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ...
Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ...
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The Captain class frigates were a class of 78 frigates of the Royal Navy launched in 1942– 1943. ...
USS Evarts (DE-5) The Evarts class destroyer escorts were 73 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1942–1944. ...
After World War II, most of the surviving units of this class were transfered to Taiwan, South Korea, Chile, Mexico and other countries. The rest were retained by the US Navy's reserved fleet until they were decommisioned.
Characteristics of Buckley Class Destroyer Escort and Captain Class Frigate - Length: 306 feet (overall)
- Beam: 36.5 feet
- Draught: 11 feet (fully loaded)
- Displacement: 1,740 tons (fully loaded)
- Propellers: Two 3-bladed propellers solid manganese-bronze, 8.5 feet diameter
- Bunkers and Radius: 350 tons (oil fuel); 5,500 miles at 15 knots
- Maximum Speed: 24 knots (most ships could attain 26/27 knots)
- Main guns: 3 x 3 inch /50 Mk 22 dual purpose open mount, and fixed fire shot (anti-aircraft, armor piercing, or starshell) and had a range of 14,600 yards at 45 degrees, and an anti-aircraft ceiling of 28,000 feet
- Anti-aircraft guns: 4 x 1.1 inch or 2 x 40mm Bofors were fitted in the 'X' position on the Buckley Class units; these were not included in the Captain Class units. 8 x 20mm single mount Oerlikon cannon positioned two in front of the bridge behind and above B gun mount, one each side of B gun mount in sponsons, and two each side of the ship in sponsons just abaft the funnel. Some of the ships had an extra one or two Oerlikons fitted on top of the superstructure amidships. The Captain Class units had additional 20 mm guns fitted in 'X' position, and on the director stand for 'X' position.
- Torpedo tubes: 3 21-inch torpedo tubes in a triple mount were mounted just aft of the stack.
- Hedgehog: British designed ahead throwing mortar which fired 24 bombs ahead of the ship, this was situated on the main deck just aft of A gun mount.
- Depth charges: Approximately 200 were carried. Two sets of double rails each side of the ship at the stern, each set held 24 charges; eight (two on Captain class units) K gun depth charge throwers each holding 5 charges, were situated each side of the ship just forward of the stern rails. On Captain Class units, just forward of these were double sets of ready racks were fitted along each side of the ship extending to midships, each set holding 60 depth charges (these ready rails were added after the ships arrived back in the U.K.)
- Radar: Type SL surface search fixed to mast above yard arm and type SA air search only fitted to certain ships.
- Asdic (Sonar): Type 128D or Type 144 both in retractable dome.
- Direction Finding: MF direction finding antenna fitted in front of the bridge and HF/DF Type FH 4 antenna fitted on top of mast.
American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ...
Bofors is an iron works, cannon maker, and defence industry located in Karlskoga, Sweden. ...
Oerlikon is a Swiss anti-aircraft artillery manufacturer made famous by its Oerlikon 20 mm autocannon design of 1914, used in the First and Second World Wars, and still today. ...
Torpedo tubes of the French SNLE Redoutable A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. ...
An anti-submarine weapon developed by the Royal Navy during World War II, the Hedgehog was deployed on convoy escort warships such as destroyers to supplement the depth charge. ...
Depth Charge used by U.S. Navy later in World War II The depth charge is the oldest anti-submarine weapon. ...
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See also This is a list of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy, listed both by hull number and by name. ...
This is a list of frigates of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. ...
In 1975, the United States Navy undertook a major reclassification of many of its surface vessels, including cruisers, frigates, ocean escorts, and carriers, resulting in a variety of changes to the terminology and hull classification symbols used by the Navy. ...
This is a list of current frigates, updated July 2004. ...
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