Эсминцы-проводники типа "Бакли"

Class of American destroyer escorts

The Buckley class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943–44. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and antisubmarine warfare ships. The lead ship was Buckley which was launched on 9 January 1943. The ships had General Electric steam turbo electric transmission. The ships were prefabricated at various factories in the United States, and the units brought together in the shipyards, where they were welded together on the slipways. The Buckley class was the second class of destroyer escorts, succeeding the s. One of the main design differences was that the hull was significantly lengthened on the Buckley class; this long hull design proved so successful that it was used for all further destroyer escort classes. The class was also known as the TE type, from Turbo Electric drive. The TE was replaced with a diesel electric plant to yield the design of the successor ("DET"). In total, 154 were ordered with six being completed as high speed transport ("APD"). A further 37 were later converted after completion, while 46 of the Buckleys were delivered to the Royal Navy under the Lend Lease agreement. These 46 were classed as frigates and named after Royal Navy captains of the Napoleonic Wars, forming part of the along with 32 Lend Lease ships of the Evarts class. After World War II, most of the surviving units of this class were transferred to Taiwan, South Korea, Chile, Mexico, or other countries. The rest were retained by the US Navy's reserve fleet until they were decommissioned.

The Buckley class' main armament was three 3 inch/50 caliber guns in Mk 22 dual purpose open mounts. They fired fixed type ammunition (antiaircraft, armor piercing, or star shell) and had a range of at 45°, and an antiaircraft ceiling of 28000 feet (8534 m)

For antiaircraft defense, the Buckley class carried four 1.1 inch/75 (28mm) guns or two Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns fitted in the 'X' position. These were not included in the Captain class units. Eight Oerlikon 20 mm cannons were positioned two in front of the bridge behind and above B gun mount, one on each side of the B gun mount in sponsons, and two on each side of the ship in sponsons just abaft the funnel. Some of the ships had extra Oerlikons fitted on top of the superstructure amidships. The Captain class units had additional 20 mm guns fitted in 'X' position, and on the director stand for 'X' position. For antisubmarine weapons, the Buckley class carried a Hedgehog, a British designed spigot mortar that fired 24 bombs ahead of the ship. This was situated on the main deck just aft of 'A' mount. They also carried up to 200 depth charges. Two sets of double rails mounted on each side of the ship at the stern, each holding 24 charges and eight (two on Captain class units) K gun depth charge throwers each holding five charges were on each side of the ship forward of the stern rails. On Captain class ships, just forward of these, double sets of ready racks were fitted along each side of the ship extending to midships, each set holding 60 depth charges (these ready rails were added after the ships first arrived in the UK). They also carried three torpedo tubes in a triple mount mounted just aft of the stack.

Most of the film The Enemy Below (1957) was filmed on Whitehurst, a Buckley class DE. The rest of the film is set in the submarine that it is hunting.

+ List of Buckley class destroyer escorts Ship name Hull no. (Hull number) Builder Laid down Launched Comm. (commissioned) Decomm. (decommissioned / reclassified) Fate Buckley DE 51Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts21 Jul 19429 Jan 194330 Apr 19433 Jul 1946Reclassified DER 51 26 Apr 1949, reclassified DE 51 29 Sep 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 Jun 1968; sold for scrap July 1969 Charles Lawrence DE 531 Aug 194216 Feb 194331 May 194323 Oct 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 37 23 Oct 1944 APD 37 21 Jun 1946 Daniel T. Griffin DE 547 Sep 194225 Feb 19439 Jun 194323 Oct 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 38 23 Oct 1944 APD 38 30 May 1946 Donnell DE 5627 Nov 194213 Mar 194326 Jun 194323 Oct 1945Torpedoed by U 473 in North Atlantic 3 May 1944; reclassified IX 182 15 Jul 1944; served as a floating power plant at Cherbourg, France. Struck from the Navy List 10 Nov 1945; sold 29 Apr 1946 Fogg DE 574 Dec 194220 Mar 19437 Jul 194327 Oct 1947Reclassified DER 57 18 Mar 1949, reclassified DE 57 28 Oct 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 Apr 1965; sold for scrap 4 Jan 1966 Foss DE 5931 Dec 194210 Apr 194323 Jul 194330 Oct 1957Struck from Navy List 1 Nov 1965 and sold for scrap Gantner DE 6031 Dec 194217 Apr 194329 Jul 194323 Feb 1945Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 42 23 Feb 1945 APD 42 2 Aug 1949 George W. Ingram DE 626 Feb 19438 May 194311 Aug 194323 Feb 1945Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 43 23 Feb 1945 APD 43 15 Jan 1947 Ira Jeffery (ex Jeffery) DE 6313 Feb 194315 May 194315 Aug 194323 Feb 1945Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 44 23 Feb 1945 APD 44 18 Jun 1946 Lee Fox DE 651 Mar 194329 May 194330 Aug 194331 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 45 31 Jul 1944 APD 45 13 May 1946 Amesbury DE 668 Mar 19436 Jun 194331 Aug 194331 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 46 31 Jul 1944 APD 46 3 Jul 1946 Bates DE 6829 Mar 19436 Jun 194312 Sep 194331 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 47 31 Jul 1944; sunk by kamikazes and bombs off Okinawa 25 May 1945 APD 47 Blessman DE 6922 Mar 194319 Jun 194319 Sep 194331 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 48 31 Jul 1944 APD 48 15 Jan 1946 Joseph E. Campbell (ex Campbell) DE 7029 Mar 194326 Jun 194323 Sep 194324 Nov 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 49 24 Nov 1944 APD 49 15 Nov 1946 Reuben James DE 153Norfolk Navy Yard7 Sep 19426 Feb 19431 Apr 194311 Oct 1947Struck from Navy List 30 Jun 1968, sunk as a target 1 Mar 1971 Sims DE 1547 Sep 19426 Feb 194324 Apr 194325 Sep 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 50 25 Sep 1944 APD 50 24 Apr 1946 Hopping DE 15515 Dec 194210 Mar 194321 May 194325 Sep 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 51 25 Sep 1944 APD 51 5 May 1947 Reeves DE 1567 Feb 194322 Apr 19439 May 194325 Sep 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 52 25 Sep 1944 APD 52 30 Jul 1946 Fechteler DE 1577 Feb 194322 Apr 19431 Jul 1943Torpedoed and sunk by U 967 northwest of Oran, Algeria 5 May 1944 Chase DE 15816 Mar 194324 Apr 194318 Jul 194328 Nov 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 54 28 Nov 1944 APD 54 15 Jan 1946 Laning DE 15923 Apr 19434 Jul 19431 Aug 19438 Nov 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 55 28 Nov 1944 APD 55 28 Jun 1946 Loy DE 16023 Apr 19434 Jul 194312 Sep 194323 Oct 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 56 23 Oct 1944 APD 56 21 Feb 1947 Barber DE 16127 Apr 194320 May 194310 Oct 194323 Oct 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 57 23 Oct 1944. Sold to Mexico on 17 Feb 1969 APD 57 22 Mar 1946 Lovelace DE 19822 May 19434 Jul 19437 Nov 194322 May 1946Sunk as target off California, 25 Apr 1968 Manning DE 199Charleston Navy Yard15 Feb 19431 Jun 19431 Oct 194315 Jan 1947Struck from Navy List 31 Jul 1968; sold for scrap 27 Oct 1969 Neuendorf DE 20015 Feb 19431 Jun 194318 Oct 194314 May 1946Struck from Navy List 1 Jul 1967 James E. Craig DE 20115 Apr 194322 Jul 19431 Nov 19432 Jul 1946Struck from Navy List 30 Jul 1968; sunk as target off California February 1969 Eichenberger DE 20215 Apr 194322 Jul 194317 Nov 194314 May 1946Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1972; sold for scrap 1 Nov 1973 Thomason DE 2035 Jun 194323 Aug 194310 Dec 194322 May 1946Struck from Navy List 30 Jun 1968; sold for scrap 30 Jun 1969 Jordan DE 2045 Jun 194323 Aug 194317 Dec 194319 Dec 1945Struck from Navy List 8 Jan 1946; sold for scrap 10 Jul 1947 Newman DE 2058 Jun 19439 Aug 194326 Nov 19435 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 59 5 Jul 1944 APD 59 18 Feb 1946 Liddle DE 20612 Jun 19439 Aug 19436 Dec 19435 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 60 5 Jul 1944 APD 60 Kephart DE 20712 May 19436 Sep 19437 Jan 19445 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 61 5 Jul 1944 APD 61 21 Jun 1946 Cofer DE 20812 May 19436 Sep 194319 Jan 19445 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 62 5 Jul 1944 APD 62 28 Jun 1946 Lloyd DE 20926 Jul 194323 Oct 194311 Feb 19445 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 63 5 Jul 1944 APD 63 Otter DE 21026 Jul 194323 Oct 194321 Feb 1944January 1947Sunk as target off Puerto Rico 10 Jul 1970 Hubbard DE 21111 Aug 194311 Nov 19436 Mar 19441 Jun 1945Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 53 1 Jun 1945 APD 53 15 Mar 1946 Hayter DE 21211 Aug 194311 Nov 194316 Mar 19441 Jun 1945Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 80 1 Jun 1945 APD 80 19 Mar 1946 William T. Powell DE 21326 Aug 194327 Nov 194328 Mar 19449 Dec 1949Reclassified DER 213 18 Mar 1949, reclassified DE 213 1 Dec 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 Nov 1965, sold for scrap 3 Oct 196628 Nov 195017 Jan 1958 Scott DE 214Philadelphia Navy Yard1 Jan 19433 Apr 194320 Jul 19433 Mar 1947Conversion to High Speed Transport and reclassification as APD 64 canceled 10 Sep 1945. Struck from Navy List 1 Jul 1965, sold for scrap 20 Jan 1967 Burke DE 2151 Jan 19433 Apr 194320 Aug 194324 Jan 1945Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 65 24 Jan 1945 APD 65 22 Jun 1949 Enright DE 21622 Feb 194329 May 194321 Sep 194324 Jan 1945Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 66 24 Jan 1945 APD 66 21 Jun 1946 Coolbaugh DE 21722 Feb 194329 May 194315 Oct 194321 Feb 1960Struck from Navy List 1 Jul 1972, sold for scrap 17 Aug 1973 Darby DE 21822 Feb 194329 May 194315 Nov 194328 Apr 1947Struck from Navy List 23 Sep 1968, sunk as a target 24 May 197024 Oct 195023 Sep 1968 J. Douglas Blackwood DE 21922 Feb 194329 May 194315 Dec 194320 Apr 1946Struck from Navy List 30 Jan 1970, sunk as a target 20 Jul 19705 Feb 195130 Jan 1970 Francis M. Robinson DE 22022 Feb 194329 May 194315 Jan 194420 Jun 1960Struck from Navy List 1 Jul 1972, sold for scrap 12 Jul 1973 Solar DE 22122 Feb 194329 May 194315 Feb 194421 May 1946Destroyed by ammunition explosion at Earle, New Jersey 30 Apr 1946. Hulk sunk at sea 9 Jun 1946 Fowler DE 2225 Apr 19433 Jul 194315 Mar 194428 Jun 1946Struck from Navy List 1 Jul 1965, sold for scrap 29 Dec 1966 Spangenberg DE 2235 Apr 19433 Jul 194315 Apr 194318 Jul 1947Reclassified DER 223 in March 1949, reclassified DE 223 1 Dec 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 Nov 1965, sold for scrap 3 Oct 1966 Ahrens DE 575Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts5 Nov 194321 Dec 194312 Feb 194424 Jun 1946Struck from Navy List 1 Apr 1965, sold for scrap 20 Jan 1967 Barr DE 5765 Nov 194328 Dec 194316 Feb 194431 Jul 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 39 31 Jul 1944 APD 39 12 Jul 1946 Alexander J. Luke DE 5775 Nov 194328 Dec 194319 Feb 194418 Oct 1947Reclassified DER 577 7 Dec 1945, reclassified DE 577 in August 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 May 1970, sunk as a target 22 Oct 1970 Robert I. Paine DE 5785 Nov 194330 Dec 194326 Feb 194421 Nov 1947Reclassified DER 578 18 Mar 1949, reclassified DE 578 1 Dec 1954. Struck from Navy List 1 Jun 1968, sold for scrap 18 Jul 1969 Foreman DE 633Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco aka Union Iron Works9 Mar 19431 Aug 194322 Oct 194328 Jun 1946Struck from Navy List 1 Apr 1965, sold for scrap 1966 Whitehurst DE 63421 Mar 19435 Sep 194319 Nov 194327 Nov 1946Struck from Navy List 12 Jul 1969, sunk as target by Trigger (SS 564) 28 Apr 19711 Sep 19506 Dec 19582 Oct 19611 Aug 1962 England DE 6354 Apr 194326 Sep 194310 Dec 194315 Oct 1945Reclassified APD 41 in mid 1945 but conversion to High Speed Transport was canceled 10 Sep 1945. Struck from Navy List 1 Nov 1945, sold and broken up 26 Nov 1946 Witter DE 63628 Apr 194317 Oct 194329 Dec 194322 Oct 1945Reclassified APD 58 in mid 1945 but conversion to High Speed Transport was canceled 15 Aug 1945. Struck from Navy List 16 Nov 1945, sold and broken up 2 Dec 1946 Bowers DE 63728 May 194331 Oct 194327 Jan 194425 Jun 1945Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 40 25 Jun 1945 APD 40 Willmarth DE 63825 Jun 194321 Nov 194313 Mar 194426 Apr 1946Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1966, sold for scrap 1 Jul 1968 Gendreau DE 6391 Aug 194312 Dec 194317 Mar 194413 Mar 1948Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1972, sold for scrap 11 Sep 1973 Fieberling DE 64019 Mar 19442 Apr 194411 Apr 194413 Mar 1948Struck from Navy List 1 Mar 1972, sold for scrap 20 Nov 1972 William C. Cole DE 6415 Sep 194329 Dec 194312 May 194413 Mar 1948Struck from Navy List 1 Mar 1972, sold for scrap 20 Nov 1972 Paul G. Baker DE 64226 Sep 194312 Mar 194425 May 19443 Feb 1947Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1969, sold for scrap October 1970 Damon M. Cummings DE 64317 Oct 194318 Apr 194429 Jun 19443 Feb 1947Struck from Navy List 1 Mar 1972, sold for scrap 18 May 1973 Vammen DE 6441 Aug 194321 May 194427 Jul 194412 Jul 1969Struck from Navy List 12 Jul 1969, sunk as target 18 Feb 1971 Jenks DE 665Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania12 May 194311 Sep 194319 Jan 194426 Jun 1946Conversion to High Speed Transport and reclassification as APD 67 canceled 1944. Struck from Navy List 1 Feb 1966, sold for scrap 5 Mar 1968 Durik DE 66622 Jun 19439 Oct 194324 Mar 194415 Jun 1946Conversion to High Speed Transport and reclassification as APD 68 canceled 1944. Struck from Navy List 1 Jun 1965, sold for scrap 30 Jan 1967 Wiseman DE 66726 Jul 19436 Nov 19434 Apr 194431 May 1946Struck from Navy List 15 Apr 1973, sold for scrap 29 Apr 197411 Sep 195015 Apr 1973 Weber DE 675Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts22 Feb 19431 May 194330 Jun 1943Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 75 15 Dec 1944 Schmitt DE 67622 Feb 194329 May 194324 Jul 1943Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 76 24 Jan 1945 Frament DE 6771 May 194328 Jun 194315 Aug 1943Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 77 15 Dec 1944 Harmon DE 67831 May 194325 Jul 194331 Aug 194325 Mar 1947Struck from Navy List 1 Aug 1965, sold for scrap 30 Jan 1967 Greenwood DE 67929 Jun 194321 Aug 194325 Sep 194320 Feb 1967Struck from Navy List 20 Feb 1967, sold for scrap 6 Sep 1967 Loeser DE 68027 Jul 194311 Sep 194310 Oct 194328 Mar 1947Struck from Navy List 23 Aug 1968, sunk as a target 19699 Mar 195123 Aug 1968 Gillette DE 68124 Aug 194325 Sep 194327 Oct 19433 Feb 1947Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1972, sold for scrap 11 Sep 1973 Underhill DE 68216 Sep 194315 Oct 194315 Nov 1943Sunk by Japanese Kaiten human torpedo northeast of Luzon 24 Jul 1945 Henry R. Kenyon DE 68329 Sep 194330 Oct 194330 Nov 19433 Feb 1947Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1969, sold for scrap 22 Oct 1970 Bull DE 693Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan15 Dec 194225 Mar 194312 Aug 1943Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 78 31 Jul 1944 Bunch DE 69422 Feb 194329 May 194321 Aug 1943Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 79 31 Jul 1944 Rich DE 69527 Mar 194322 Jun 19431 Oct 1943Sunk by three mines off Utah Beach, Normandy 8 Jun 1944 Spangler DE 69628 Apr 194315 Jul 194331 Oct 19438 Oct 1958Struck from Navy List 1 Mar 1972, sold for scrap 20 Nov 1972 George DE 69722 May 194314 Aug 194320 Nov 19438 Oct 1958Struck from Navy List 1 Nov 1969, sold for scrap 12 Oct 1970 Raby DE 6987 Jun 19434 Sep 19437 Dec 194322 Dec 1953Reclassified DEC 698 2 Nov 1949, reclassified DE 698 27 Dec 1957. Struck from Navy List 1 Jun 1968, sold for scrap Marsh DE 69923 Jun 194325 Sep 194312 Jan 19441 Aug 1962Struck from Navy List 15 Apr 1973, sold for scrap 20 Feb 1974 Currier DE 70021 Jul 194314 Oct 19431 Feb 19444 Apr 1960Sunk as a target off California 11 Jul 1967 Osmus DE 70117 Aug 19434 Nov 194323 Feb 194415 Mar 1947Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1972, sold for scrap 27 Nov 1973 Earl V. Johnson DE 7027 Sep 194324 Nov 194318 Mar 194418 Jun 1946Struck from Navy List 1 May 1967, sold for scrap 3 Sep 1968 Holton DE 70328 Sep 194315 Dec 19431 May 194431 May 1946Scrapped Cronin DE 70419 Oct 19435 Jan 19445 May 194431 May 1946Reclassified DEC 704 13 Sep 1950, reclassified DE 704 27 Dec 1957. Struck from Navy List 1 Jun 1970, sunk as target 16 Dec 19719 Feb 19514 Dec 1953 Frybarger DE 7058 Nov 194325 Jan 194418 May 194430 Jun 1947Reclassified DEC 705 13 Sep 1950, reclassified DE 705 27 Dec 1957. Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1972, sold for scrap 27 Nov 19736 Oct 19509 Dec 1954 Tatum DE 789Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas22 Apr 19437 Aug 194322 Nov 1943Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 81 15 Dec 1944 Borum DE 79028 Apr 194314 Aug 194330 Nov 194315 Jun 1946Conversion to High Speed Transport and reclassification as APD 82 canceled September 1945. Struck from Navy List 1 Aug 1965, sold for scrap 1966 Maloy DE 79110 May 194318 Aug 194313 Dec 194328 May 1965Conversion to High Speed Transport and reclassification as APD 83 canceled September 1945. Reclassified EDE 791 14 Aug 1946. Struck from Navy List 1 Jun 1965, sold for scrap 11 Mar 1966 Haines DE 79217 May 194326 Aug 194327 Dec 1943Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 84 15 Dec 1944 Runels DE 7937 Jun 19434 Sep 19433 Jan 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 85 24 Jan 1945 Hollis DE 7945 Jul 194311 Sep 194324 Jan 1944Converted to High Speed Transport, reclassified APD 86 24 Jan 1945 Gunason DE 7959 Aug 194316 Oct 19431 Feb 194413 Mar 1948Sunk as target 28 Jul 1973, struck from Navy List 1 Sep 1973 Major DE 79616 Aug 194323 Oct 194312 Feb 194413 Mar 1948Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1972, sold for scrap 27 Nov 1973 Weeden DE 79718 Aug 194327 Oct 194319 Feb 19449 May 1946Struck from Navy List 30 Jun 1968, sold for scrap 27 Oct 196920 Nov 194626 Feb 1958 Varian DE 79827 Aug 19436 Nov 194329 Feb 194415 Mar 1946Struck from Navy List 1 Dec 1972, sold for scrap 12 Jan 1974 Scroggins DE 7994 Sep 19436 Nov 194330 Mar 194415 Jun 1946Struck from Navy List 1 Jul 1965, sold for scrap 5 Apr 1967 Jack W. Wilke DE 80018 Oct 194318 Dec 19437 Mar 194424 May 1960Struck from Navy List 1 Aug 1972, sold for scrap 4 Mar 1974