USS Buckley (DE-51)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Buckley |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 29 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 9 January 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 July 1946 |
| Reclassified: | DER-51, 26 April 1949 DE-51, 29 September 1954 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1968 |
| Honors and awards: |
Navy Unit Commendation & 3 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, July 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) standard |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion: | Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Complement: | 186 |
| Armament: | • 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun • 8 × single 20 mm guns • 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tube • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar • 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors • 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Buckley (DE/DER-51), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman John D. Buckley (1920–1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands.
Buckley was launched on 9 January 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. James Buckley, mother of Aviation Ordnanceman Buckley; and commissioned on 30 April 1943 with Lieutenant Commander A. W. Slayden in command.
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