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Tonnage |
1400 tons standard |
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Dimensions |
306' by 36'8" by 13'6" 93.27m by 11.18m by 4.11m |
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Maximum speed |
23 knots |
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Complement |
186 |
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Armament |
3x1 3"/50 AA guns 1x3 21" torpedo tubes 1x4 1.1" machine gun 8 20mm Oerlikon AA guns Hedgehog projector 8 depth charge projectors 2 depth charge racks |
| Machinery |
2-shaft GEC turbines (12,000
shp) 2 boilers |
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Fuel |
340 tons fuel oil |
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Range |
5000 nautical miles (9300 km) at 15 knots |
| Sensors |
QC sonar |
| Modifications |
All received radar Some were refit with two 5"/38 guns in place of the 3", but not in time to see significant combat. |
The Buckleys, completed in 1943-44, were the
most numerous wartime destroyer escort class, incorporating
lessons learned from the Evarts
class. The hulls were lengthened to accommodate more powerful
turboelectric drive, giving the ships a speed just short of the 24
knots desired for destroyer escorts. Originally designed to mount
5"/38 guns, the class had to settle for the 3"/50s because larger
fleet units (particularly destroyers)
had higher priority for the more capable weapon. Some units were
subsequently refit with the 5" guns, in two single mounts, but few
were refit in time to see combat.
Several of the ships were converted to high-speed
transports; often these were employed to take underwater
demolition teams close to shore. These are listed as the Charles Lawrence
class.
| completed 1943-10-22 (San Francisco) | ||
| arrived 1943-11-4 | ||
| Harmon |
arrived 1943-11-14 |
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| completed 1943-11-19 (San Francisco) | ||
| Greenwood |
arrived 1943-12-6 |
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| completed 1943-12-10 (San Francisco) | ||
| arrived 1943-12-18 | ||
| arrived 1943-12-20 | ||
| completed 1943-12-29 (San Francisco)
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| arrived 1943-12-31 | ||
| arrived 1944-1 | ||
| arrived 1944-1-7 | ||
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| arrived 1944-1-9 | ||
| arrived 1944-1-25 | ||
| completed 1944-1-27 (San Francisco) | ||
| arrived 1944-2 | ||
| arrived 1944-2-17 | ||
| completed 1944-3-13 (San Francisco) | ||
| completed 1944-3-17 (San Francisco) | ||
| arrived 1944-3-21 | ||
| arrived 1944-3-23 | ||
| completed 1944-4-11 (San Francisco) | ||
| arrived 1944-5-1 | ||
| completed 1944-5-12 (San Francisco) | ||
| completed 1944-5-25 (San Francisco) | ||
| completed 1944-6-29 (San Francisco | ||
| completed 1944-7-27 (San Francisco) | ||
| arrived 1944-9-29 | ||
| arrived 1944-10 | ||
| arrived 1944-10-18 | ||
| Newman |
arrived 1944-10-26 |
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| arrived 1944-11 | ||
| arrived 1944-12 | ||
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| arrived 1945-1 | ||
| arrived 1945-1-1 | ||
| arrived 1945-1-18 | ||
| arrived 1945-2 | ||
| arrived 1945-2-4 | ||
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| arrived 1945-2-13 | Sunk by kaiten 1945-7-24 off Luzon |
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| arrived 1945-2-28 | ||
| arrived 1945-4-24 | ||
| arrived 1945-5-22 |
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