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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign Frederick Curtice Davis (a nava ..., during which her superlative and courageous performance was to win her a Navy Unit Commendation. After providing protection from [[submarine]]s and aircr
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• USS Fiske (DE-143)
  |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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• 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 Hammann (DE-131)
  ...provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hammann-ii.htm}}
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• USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132)
  ...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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• USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  |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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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  |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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• USS Farquhar (DE-139)
  ...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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• USS J.R.Y. Blakely (DE-140)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...s were known to be moving westward for a final effort against the [[United States]],'' J. R. Y. Blakely'' again joined an [[escort carrier]] group, and with
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• USS Hill (DE-141)
  ...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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• 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 Huse (DE-145)
  The '''USS ''Huse'' (DE-145)''' was named by the [[U.S. Navy]] in honor of Admiral [[Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse]], who died in 1942. ...[[antisubmarine]] patrol work off [[Gibraltar]] with ships of the [[Royal Navy]].
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• USS Inch (DE-146)
  *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/i1/inch.htm}} * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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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 Chatelain (DE-149)
  ...p honours=5 [[battle stars]] plus the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...ly with five [[battle stars]] and the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]].
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• USS Poole (DE-151)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...Mate First Class [[Minor Butler Poole]] who was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for extraordinary heroism and courageous devotion to duty while in
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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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