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DE-635 England
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1943/04/04 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1943/09/26 | 1943/12/10 | 1946/11/26
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| Namesake: Ens John Charles England, USN; * 1920/12/11, KIA onboard Oklahoma at P.H. 1941/12/07 | |||||
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/01/01 | 44/02/14 | San Diego and San Francisco - shakedown cruise | 128 | ||
| 44/02/14 | 44/02/20 | sail from San Francisco to P.H. | 128 | ||
| 44/02/21 | 44/02/28 | sail from P.H. to Funafuti | 128 | ||
| 44/03/02 | 44/03/05 | sail from Funafuti to Tulagi | 128 | ||
| 44/03/07 | 44/03/12 | escort 2 merchant from Guandalcanal to Esp. Santo | 66 128 | ||
| 44/03/12 | 44/05/18 | escort duty Esp. Santo <> Guadalcanal, to Noumea, Marshalls | 66 | ||
| 44/03/18 | 44/03/20 | sail from Esp. Santo to Guadalcanal | 128 | ||
| 44/03/24 | 44/03/27 | escort AP Crescent City from Guadalcanal to Noumea | 128 | ||
| 44/04/03 | 44/04/05 | escort 6 APAs from Noumea to Guadalcanal | 128 | ||
| 44/04/07 | 44/04/09 | sail from Guadalcanal to Esp. Santo | 128 | ||
| 44/04/10 | 44/04/12 | sail from Esp. Santo to Guadalcanal | 128 | ||
| 44/04/12 | 44/04/15 | sail from Guadalcanal to Esp. Santo | 128 | ||
| 44/04/18 | 44/04/20 | sail from Esp. Santo to Guadalcanal | 128 | ||
| 44/04/21 | 44/04/25 | escort 2 CVEs from Guadalcanal to Manus | 128 | ||
| 44/04/28 | 44/05/03 | escort CVE from Manus to Truk vicinity > Majuro | 128 | ||
| 44/05/04 | 44/05/07 | departed for Guadalcanal, then detached to escort AE to Majuro | 128 | ||
| 44/05/08 | 44/05/11 | sail from Majuro to Guadalcanal | 128 | ||
| 44/05/11 | 44/05/17 | Port Purvis, Tulagi - refit, recieved camoflage | 128 | ||
| 44/05/18 | 44/05/26 | 30.4/CortDiv40 | HUK operations during passage to Bougainville | 66 128 | |
| 44/05/19 | 30.4/CortDiv40 | sinking I-16 140 nm NE Cape Alexander (05-10S, 158-10E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/05/22 | 30.4/CortDiv40 | sinking RO-106 250 nm NNW of Kavieng (01-40N, 150-31E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/05/23 | 30.4/CortDiv40 | sinking RO-104 250 nm NNW of Kavieng (01-26N, 149-20E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/05/24 | 30.4/CortDiv40 | sinking RO-116 225 nm NNW of Kavieng (00-53N, 149-14E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/05/26 | 30.4/CortDiv40 | sinking RO-108 110 nm NE of Manus (00-32S, 148-35E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/05/26 | 44/06/13 | 30.4/CortDiv40 | HKG | 70 | |
| 44/05/31 | 30.4/CortDiv40 | HKG: sinking RO-105 200 nm NNW of Kavieng (00-47N, 151-30E) | 70 85 | ||
| 44/06 | 44/08 | N Solomons - escort duty | 66 | ||
| 44/06/13 | 44/06/14 | sail from Treasury Is. to Tulagi | 128 | ||
| 44/06/14 | 44/06/29 | Tulagi - availability | 128 | ||
| 44/06/29 | 44/06/30 | sail from Tulagi to Treasury Is. | 128 | ||
| 44/07/01 | 44/07/04 | sail from Treasury Is. to New Hannover > Emirau | 128 | ||
| 44/07/30 | 44/07/31 | sail from Emirau to Majuro for privisions | 128 | ||
| 44/08/01 | damaged (ran aground) at Majuro | 85 128 | |||
| 44/08/01? | 44/08/?? | Seeadler Harbor, Manus - repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/08/06 | 44/08/08 | sail from Majuro to Milne Bay | 128 | ||
| 44/08/08 | 44/09/24 | Milne Bay - repairs | 128 | ||
| 44/09/24 | 44/09/29 | sail from Treasury Is. to Sydney | 66 | ||
| 44/09/29 | 44/10/10 | Sydney - repairs | 128 | ||
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| 44/10/10 | 44/10/15 | sail from Sydney to Treasury Is. | 128 | ||
| 44/10/15 | 44/10/18 | escort convoy from Treasury Is. to Hollandia (with Foreman) | 66 128 | ||
| 44/10/18 | 44/10/26 | Hollandia | 128 | ||
| 44/10/26 | 44/12/02 | 2 round trip with reinforce echelons from Hollandia to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 44/10/26 | 44/10/29 | escort convoy from Hollandia to Leyte (with Foreman) | 128 | ||
| 44/11/01 | 44/11/04 | escort convoy from Leyte to Hollandia | 128 | ||
| 44/11/07 | 44/11/18 | escort AOs from Hollandia to Leyte | 128 | ||
| 44/12/02 | 45/01/02 | Manus - local escort duty | 66 | ||
| 45/01/02 | 45/03/23 | convoy duty Manus <> Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/02 | escort convoy from Kossol Roads to Philippines | 66 | |||
| 45/03/23 | 45/03/2? | Iceber | 54.1.6 | sail from Ulithi to Okinawa | 66 |
| 45/03/30 | 45/04/03 | Iceber | 54.1.6 | escort Mobile and Oakland from Ulithi to Okinawa | 66 128 |
| 45/04/06 | 45/04/17 | Iceber | 54.1.6 | scort empty AP's from Okinawa to Saipan, then sail back to Okinawa | 66 |
| 45/04/17 | 45/05/09 | Iceber | 54.1.6 | N of Kerama Retto - screening and patrol duty | 66 |
| 45/04/27 | Iceber | damage(kami) 14 nm NNW of Zampa-misaki, Okinawa (26-40N, 127-40E) | 85 | ||
| 45/05/09 | Iceber | disable(kami) 5 nm NW of Kerama Retto (26-18N, 127-13E) - 37 KIA/MIA, 25 WIA | 66 128 | ||
| 45/05/09 | 45/05/22 | Kerama Retto - temporary repairs | 128 | ||
| 45/05/2? | 45/07/16 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - temporary repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/05/22 | 45/05/2? | sail from Okinawa to LEyte with Bebas and Colorado | 128 | ||
| 45/07/16 | 45/08 | sail from Leyte to Philadelphia | 66 128 | ||