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• USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  ...ecognition|posthumously awarded]] the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for his actions during the [[Battle of the Co ...17 February 1944, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[A. A. Hero]] [[United States Navy Reserve|USNR]], in command.
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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  ...395)''' is an {{Sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}}, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Ensign Walter Michael Willis (14 Jan ...the 6th. The destroyer escort underwent post-shakedown availability in the navy yard there over the ensuing week and sailed on 15 February for the Chesapea
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• USS Menges (DE-320)
  ...cort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign [[Herbert Hugo Menges]] (a nava ...le off the coast of [[Algiers]] en route to the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast of the U.S.]], was attacked by 30 [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[torp
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• USS Leopold (DE-319)
  ...'' was an {{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] [[Robert Lawr ...ander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] Kenneth C. Phillips, [[United States Coast Guard|USCG]], in command.
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• USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  ...provided destroyer escort service against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...arted with [[Task Force]] 64 escorting a convoy bound back to the [[United States]].
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• USS J.R.Y. Blakely (DE-140)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...January 1944, and a third during February through March 1944, as American ships began the great buildup in [[Europe]].
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• USS Fessenden (DE-142)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...e radio telephony|radio-telephony]] were of marked benefit not only to the Navy but to all seamen. He died 22 July 1932, at his home on [[Bermuda]].
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• USS Blair (DE-147)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...sored by Mrs. Vestie Foster, the mother of three sons in the United States Navy; and commissioned at Orange, Lt. Alden J. Laborde, [[USNR]], in command.
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• USS Sturtevant (DE-239)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[Albert D. Sturtevant]] who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] posthumously during [[World War I]] when he, a pilot, was shot down
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• USS Moore (DE-240)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[Fred Kenneth Moore]] who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his brave actions when, at [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941,
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• USS Tomich (DE-242)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[United States Navy]] Chief Watertender and [[Croats|Croatian]] [[Peter Tomich]] who received t
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• USS Sloat (DE-245)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. She was named in honor of [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[John Drake Sloat]] (1781–1867). She was laid down
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• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...[[Charles Swasey]] who was wounded during an engagement with [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces near [[Donaldsville, Louisiana]], on 4 Octo
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• USS Hurst (DE-250)
  |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship fate=transferred to [[Mexican Navy]], 1 October 1973
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• USS Pettit (DE-253)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[Robert Lee Pettit]] who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] posthumously. She was laid down 6 February 1943 by the [[Brown Ship
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• USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...nor of [[Edward Robert Sellstrom]], a Naval aviator, who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his superb marksmanship in shooting down attacking [[Empire of
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...n}} out of the water, killing 580 men; the next wave hit two more merchant ships; and the final strike sank screening escort {{USS|Lansdale|DD-426|6}} with
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• USS Janssen (DE-396)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...s attacked numerous submarine contacts while cruising between the [[United States]] and the [[Azores]]; and, after a brief rest in [[North Africa]]n ports, t
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...returned to the [[United States]] with Convoy GUS (Gibraltar to the United States) 33 and arrived at [[New York City]] on 3 April.
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• USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...vered, the force ran through a very severe storm which damaged some of the ships. The patrol was finally broken off; the task group refueled at [[Ponta Delg
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