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  • ...cort]] in the [[United States Navy]], which served briefly in the [[United States Coast Guard]]. She was named for Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Kenneth W. D ...commission in reserve at San Diego 10 'April 1954. She was returned to the Navy 16 June 1954, and reclassified '''DER-389''', 7 December 1955. After conver
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  • ...oyer escort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] of the [[United States Navy]], named for [[Ensign]] [[Robert E. Brister]] (1920–1942). ...cessful trans-[[Atlantic]] escort crossings to [[Italy]] and five to the [[United Kingdom]]. On 8 June 1945 she departed [[New York City]] for the [[Pacific
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  • |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} ...|Edsall-class]] [[destroyer escort]] in the service of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named in honor of Lieutenant [[Joseph W. Finch, Jr.]], USNR.
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  • ...dsall''-class destroyer escort]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for Aviation Machinist Mate First Class [[William Henry Lansi She was transferred to the Coast Guard in June 1952. Upon her return to the Navy in 1954 ''Lansing'' was converted to a radar picket escort ship and given t
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  • ...ER-400)''' was an [[Edsall class destroyer escort]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for [[Joseph Hissem]]. ...ed to DER-400. The special purpose of DER (Destroyer Escort Radar picket) ships was the detection of aircraft. Their chief role was to extend the [[Distan
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Lieutenant (junior grade) [[Randolph M ''Holder'' decommissioned at [[New York Navy Yard]] 13 September 1944, and was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]]
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  • ...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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  • ...129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign Frederick Curtice Davis (a nava ...emy air attack. A wave of [[torpedo]] and medium [[bomber]]s damaged three ships in her convoy but were driven off by the escort's [[antiaircraft]] fire bef
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  • |Ship country=United States ...cort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during World War II. Named for Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske, she was
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  • ...'' 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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  • ...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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  • ...provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...g one passage, 2 March 1945, ''Hammann'' was called upon to aid one of the ships in the convoy, [[SS Lone Jack]], after a [[torpedo]] attack. The destroyer
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  • ...provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...s. Between 28 March 1944 and 7 June 1945, she escorted 10 convoys to the [[United Kingdom]] and, after June 1944, to [[France]].
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  • |Ship honours=4 [[battle stars]] plus a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].
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  • |Ship honours=3 Battle stars for [[World War II]] and [[Navy Unit Commendation]] ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].
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  • ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f1/farquhar-ii.htm}}
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  • ...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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  • ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...nese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], for which he was posthumously awarded the Navy [[Medal of Honor]].
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