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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...d injury and assist health care professionals in providing medical care to Navy people and their families. They may function as clinical or specialty techn
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• Sailor's Creed
  '''The Sailor's Creed''' is a [[creed]] of the [[United States Navy]], originally developed for the promotion of personal excellence. ...result of this meeting at the Naval War College was the eight point ''The Navy Uniform'', and was later scaled down to a shorter version called The Sailor
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...d injury and assist health care professionals in providing medical care to Navy people and their families. They may function as clinical or specialty techn
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]] ...s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the United States|United States]] and [[Military of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multin
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• Hooah
  '''Hooah''' ({{IPA-en|ˈhuːɑː|pron}}) is a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[battle cry]] used<ref>[http://www.cavhooah.com/hooah.htm ...ce Combat Control Team|Combat Controllers]] or "[[Hooyah]]" among [[United States Air Force Pararescue|Pararescue]]<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joints
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• USS Durant (DE-389)
  ...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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• USS Brister (DE-327)
  ...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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• USS Finch (DE-328)
  |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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• USS Lansing (DE-388)
  ...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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• USS Hissem (DE-400)
  ...ER-400)''' was an [[Edsall class destroyer escort]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for [[Joseph Hissem]]. ...anti-submarine and anti-aircraft training on the East Coast of the United States. The ship transported over 500 paratroopers in March 1945, taking them on b
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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 Holder (DE-401)
  ...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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• 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 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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• USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...[Shakedown (testing)|shakedown]] cruise along the East Coast of the United States and on 14 November joined a [[convoy]] and steamed as escort from [[Norfolk
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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&ndash;1867). She was laid down
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• USS Snowden (DE-246)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...d in honor of Admiral [[Thomas Snowden]] (1857-1930) who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] during [[World War I]]. She was laid down on 7 December 1942 by [[
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• USS Stanton (DE-247)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...ber. The escorts picked up convoy GUS-24 there and headed for the [[United States]] on 15 December 1943 and arrived safely at New York on 3 January 1944.
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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 Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...e far-flung Navy, and ''Howard D. Crow'' recommissioned 6 July 1951 with a Navy crew. After shakedown training she reported to [[Key West, Florida]], as [
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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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• USS Richey (DE-385)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...]. From January 1945 to late May she escorted convoys between the [[United States]], [[France]], and [[Great Britain]]. That April, ''Richey'' rescued 32 men
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• USS Calcaterra (DE-390)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was called up again for duty, this ti Assigned to the vital duty of escorting [[convoys]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Mediterranean]], ''Calcaterra'' made eight round trips between
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• USS Chambers (DE-391)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she continued an active life, serving wit ...July 1954, when the Coast Guard decommissioned her and returned her to the Navy.
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• USS Merrill (DE-392)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]]. On 2 April 1971 she was struck from the [[Navy list]], and, on 30 September 1974, she was sold for scrapping.
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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 Cockrill (DE-398)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...as decommissioned 21 June 1946. On 1 August 1973 she was struck from the [[Navy list]] and, on 19 November 1974, she was sunk as target off [[Florida]].
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• USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...t [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. On 1 July 1972 she was struck from the [[Navy list]], and she was sold 1 November 1973, and scrapped.
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• USS Stockdale (DE-399)
  ...escort|''Edsall'' class]] [[destroyer escort]], the second [[United States Navy]] ship so named. ...31 December 1943; [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[R.W. Luther]] [[United States Navy Reserve|USNR]], in command.<ref>[http://www.desausa.org/images2/history_of_
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  ...escort|''Edsall'' class]] [[destroyer escort]], the first [[United States Navy]] ship so named. This ship was named for [[Lieutenant Junior Grade]] [[Davi ...' was placed out of commission in reserve, attached to the [[United States Navy reserve fleets|Florida Group, U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Green Cove, Florida]],
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• USS Vance (DE-387)
  ...ted Casablanca with GUS-33 for the return voyage and put into the New York Navy Yard on the 23d for availability. ...'' next got underway on 12 April, with the other ships of CortDiv 45 and a Navy-manned destroyer escort division, to screen the 102 merchantmen of convoy U
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• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  ...in the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[United Kingdom]] and back to the United States. Here is a list of the ETO convoys: ...exercises out of [[New London]]. During June 1944, she was assigned to the Navy Fleet Sound School.
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• USS Daniel (DE-335)
  ...oyer escort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...26 October 1942. Private First Class Daniel was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his heroism in refusing to leave his gunnery station although w
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• USS Frost (DE-144)
  |Ship honours=7 [[battle stars]] and the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...oudly with seven battle stars and the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]].
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• USS Edsall (DE-129)
  ...of [[destroyer escort]] in the [[United States Navy]]. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman [[Norman Edsall]] (1873–1899). *{{DANFS|http://history.navy.mil/danfs/e2/edsall-i.htm}}
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• USS Peterson (DE-152)
  ...escort|''Edsall'' class]] [[destroyer escort]], the first [[United States Navy]] ship so named. This ship was named for Chief Water Tender [[Oscar V. Pete ...ssioned]] 29 September 1943, Lieutenant Commander Richard F. Rea, [[United States Coast Guard|USCG]], in command.
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• USS Camp (DE-251)
  |Ship fate=Escaped to the Philippines and transferred to their Navy, 5 April 1976 ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].
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• USS Marchand (DE-249)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...ning off [[Bermuda]] until 31 October when she arrived at the [[Charleston Navy Yard]]. After [[antisubmarine]] warfare exercises while based at [[Quonset
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• USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. She was named in honor of [[Navy Cross]] winner [[Douglas Legate Howard]]. She was launched 24 January 1943
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...-386)''' was an [[Edsall-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. On 23 December, 1943 she departed for the U. S. Navy Yard in Charleston, South Carolina for post-shakedown repairs.
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• USS Stewart (DE-238)
  ...escort|''Edsall'' class]] [[destroyer escort]], the third [[United States Navy]] ship so named. This ship was named for [[Rear Admiral]] [[Charles Stewart ...sioned on 31 May 1943, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[B. C. Turner]], [[United States Naval Reserve|USNR]], in command.
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• USS Swenning (DE-394)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ust a few days later on December 1 1942 and was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his valiant efforts during the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]].
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...1944, the hunter-killer group, aided by a [[Canadian]] [[corvette]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] aircraft, sank [[U-575]] on the 23rd of March. With some
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• USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ''J. Richard Ward'' underwent modernization at [[Boston Navy Yard]] preparatory to transfer to the Pacific Fleet. She sailed 28 June 194
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• USS Keith (DE-241)
  {{For|United States Navy ships named ''Willard Keith''|USS Willard Keith}} ...E-241)''' was an {{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} of the [[United States Navy]] named in honor of Ellis Judson Keith, Jr., who was killed in action on 11
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• USS O'Reilly (DE-330)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...e from [[New York]] before undergoing repairs and upkeep at the [[New York Navy Yard]] in early September.
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• USS Price (DE-332)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was assigned additional duties, inclu ...[Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]]. She then escorted a return convoy to the [[United States]], subsequently escorting two more convoys to Bizerte.
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• USS Pope (DE-134)
  |Ship honours=3 Battle Stars plus the [[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 Pillsbury (DE-133)
  |Ship honours=5 [[battle stars]] and a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...udly with five [[battle stars]] and a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]].
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• Edsall class destroyer escort
  ...nam}}<br>{{navy|Philippines}}<br>{{navy|Tunisia}}<br>{{navy|Vietnam}}<br>{{navy|Mexico}} ...n which all the ships originally ordered were completed as [[United States Navy]] Destroyer Escorts.<ref>U.S. Destroyers, an illustrated design history by
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• USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
  {{otheruses4|the United States Navy ship|other meanings|Chincoteague}} |Ship caption=USS ''Chincoteague'' (AVP-24) off the [[United States West Coast]] in mid-1945 after an [[wikt:overhaul|overhaul]].
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• USS Absecon (AVP-23)
  |Ship country=United States ...Tham Ngu Lao'' (HQ-15)]] 1972-1975<br/>Has served as [[Vietnamese People's Navy]] patrol vessel [[PRVSN Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-01)|PRVSN ''Pham Ngu Lao'' (HQ-01)
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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  |Ship struck=September 26, 1966 from [[Navy List]] ...2)|RVNS ''Tran Quang Khai'' (HQ-02)]] 1971-1975<br/>Served as [[Philippine Navy]] patrol vessel [[BRP Diego Silang (PF-9)|BRP ''Diego Silang'' (PF-9)]] 197
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• USS Castle Rock (AVP-35)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Loaned to [[United States Coast Guard]] 16 September 1948<br/>Permanently transferred to Coast Guard
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• USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36)
  ...oan'' (HQ-06)]] 1971-1975<br/>Cannibalized for spare parts by [[Philippine Navy]] without entering service '''USS ''Cook Inlet'' (AVP-36)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] small [[seapl
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• RVNS Ngo Quyen (HQ-17)
  ...lloch'' (WAVP-386)]], later WHEC-386, 1946-1972<br/>Served as [[Philippine Navy]] [[frigate]] [[BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-8)|BRP ''Gregorio del Pilar'' (P ...</ref> was a [[South Vietnam]]ese [[frigate]] of the [[Republic of Vietnam Navy]] in commission from 1972 to 1975. She and her six sister ships were the la
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Transferred to [[United States Coast Guard]] 27 May 1946
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  ...ibalized for spare parts in Philippines without ever entering [[Philippine Navy]] service '''USS ''Yakutat'' (AVP-32)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] small [[seapl
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• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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• USS Casco (AVP-12)
  |Ship builder=[[Puget Sound Navy Yard]], [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]], [[Washington (state)|Washingto ...p fate=Loaned to [[U.S. Coast Guard]] 19 April 1949<br/>Returned to [[U.S. Navy]] March 1969<br/>Sunk as target 15 May 1969
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