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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...Ocean]] and provided 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 Mosley (DE-321)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...-long [[Hedgehog (weapon)|hedgehog]] and [[depth charge]] attacks brought "air bubbles, wreckage, and large quantities of oil" to the surface. A violent u
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• USS Lowe (DE-325)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was converted and ser ...owe'' went into action 20 April when her convoy came under tenacious enemy air attack off the [[North African]] coast. Simultaneously, two high speed wake
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• USS Strickland (DE-333)
  ...c Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. Post-war, she served the U.S. Navy ...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 Mills (DE-383)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she performed additional ...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)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer [[escort]] protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy [[Watercraft|vessels]] and [[convoys]]. Post-war she served ...ander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] E. A. Coffin of the [[United States Coast Guard]] in command.
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...Ocean]] and provided 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)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...uring the [[Aleutian Islands]] Campaign and was posthumously awarded the [[Air Medal]]. She was laid down by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, T
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  ...kins Brough]] (15 June 1914–1942), a Naval Aviator who was awarded the [[Air Medal]] [[Posthumous recognition|posthumously]] for his actions during the ...ree 3"/5O cal. guns. But as the pattern of warfare shifted from surface to air actions, repeated alterations resulted in the removal of the torpedoes, and
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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: ...me day, she again got underway; this time with Carrier Division 27. As the force steamed toward the [[Philippines]], word of Japan's surrender reached the s
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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 Savage (DE-386)
  ...ce was engaged in escorting convoys of 60 to 80 merchant ships from United States ports to the Mediterranean Theatre. ...loaded with vital war materials safely past the heavy enemy submarine and air concentrations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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• USS Swenning (DE-394)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. Swenning died just a few days later on December 1 1942 and w
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...-vehicle team|HUK]] group under {{USS|Block Island|CVE-21}}, the ''Bogue'' force sank [[Japanese submarine RO-501|RO-501]], ex-[[U-1224]], at {{coord|18|08|
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• USS Keith (DE-241)
  {{For|United States Navy ships named ''Willard Keith''|USS Willard Keith}} ...led in action on 11 June 1942, Seaman Keith was posthumously awarded the [[Air Medal]].
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• USS Price (DE-332)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was assigned addition ...[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]] ...Ocean]] and provided 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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• 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 Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  |Ship notes=Served as U.S. Coast Guard [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] [[USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)|USCGC ''Bering '''USS ''Bering Strait'' (AVP-34)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] small [[
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