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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 Ricketts (DE-254)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...daring rescue, and two other officers and six enlisted men received the [[Navy and Marine Corps Medal]].
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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 Harveson (DE-316)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...o.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/| title = The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II | chapter = Chapter V: 1943 | chapterurl = http://www.ibibl
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...aration for the assaults on southern France. After returning to the United States 16 July, the escort ship made one more cruise to Naples during the summer.
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• USS Forster (DE-334)
  ...recommissioned at Long Beach, Calif., 23 October 1956. She served in the Navy until she was transferred on 25 September 1971 to South Vietnam. The Vietn ...l on 29 April 1975, and was captured by North Vietnamese forces. The U.S. Navy wrote her off as “Transferred to Vietnam, 30 April 1975.” The communi
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...he convoy safely to Derry 26 April, and returned in convoy to the [[United States]] where she arrived New York 12 May. During the next year ''Joyce'' conduct
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• USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she was converted to a [[radar picket]] ...rt mission to the [[Mediterranean]], and 10 crossings between the [[United States]] and the [[British Isles]]. On her third voyage, [[USS Gaudy (DE-764)]] an
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...Fleet]] at Orange, Texas. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 2 January 1971 and was sold for scrap on 22 August 1973.
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• USS Lowe (DE-325)
  ...or Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was converted and served the Navy as a weather ship and then as a radar picket ship. ...nner’s Mate Third Class [[Harry James Lowe]], Jr., who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] posthumously for his brave actions in the [[Solomon Islands]]. The
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• USS Newell (DE-322)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post war, she served in various capacities before ...d out with the latest electronic equipment, manned for the first time by a Navy crew and reclassified DER–322, ''Newell'' recommissioned at Long Beach 20
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• USS Pride (DE-323)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She returned home proudly at war’s end with thre ...ngs. In 1961 she was moved to [[Orange, Texas]]. She was struck from the [[Navy List]] on 2 January 1971 and sold for scrapping 30 January 1974.
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• USS Falgout (DE-324)
  |Ship namesake=[[George Irvin Falgout]] (1922-1942), [[Navy Cross]] recipient |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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• USS Koiner (DE-331)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. Post-war, she was loaned to the [[U.S. Coast Guard ...final Mediterranean cruise 31 August, ''Koiner'' commenced escort duty for United Kingdom-bound ships. From 20 September 1944 to 1 May 1945, the destroyer es
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• USS Strickland (DE-333)
  ...air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. Post-war, she served the U.S. Navy in other tasks, including that of a [[radar picket]] ship. ...was [[torpedo]]ed and badly damaged. The ship's return trip to the United States was uneventful, and she arrived at [[New York]] on 11 May.
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• USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she provided [[radar picket]] duty servi ...oy Orestus Hale, Jr.]] who earned the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for his valiant actions during the [[Battle o
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• USS Martin H. Ray (DE-338)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...named in honor of Lieutenant [[Martin H. Ray, Jr.]], who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] posthumously for his heroic actions during the last stages of the [
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• USS Ramsden (DE-382)
  ...she performed other tasks with the [[U.S. Coast Guard]] and with the U.S. Navy as a [[radar picket]] ship. ...during the remainder of the war in Europe, escorted seven convoys to the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]].
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• USS Mills (DE-383)
  ...vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she performed additional duties for the Navy, including those of a [[radar picket]] ship and a safety and support ship f ...oyd Jones Mills]] who was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] posthumously for his brave actions in the [[A
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• USS Rhodes (DE-384)
  ...k for Navy [[Watercraft|vessels]] and [[convoys]]. Post-war she served the Navy as a [[radar picket]] ship. ...ander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] E. A. Coffin of the [[United States Coast Guard]] in command.
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