US NAVY WW2 Destroyer squadron 1 De Buckley 1 De Evarts 1 Mahan 1 Craven

Description

USS Craven (DD-382)
was a
Gridley-class
destroyer
commissioned in the
United States Navy
from 1937 to 1946. She served in the
Pacific War
and was scrapped in 1947
.The
Mahan-class destroyers
of the
United States Navy
were a series of 18
destroyers
of which the first 16 were laid down in 1934. The last two of the 18,
Dunlap
and
Fanning
(this pair laid down in 1935), are sometimes considered a separate
ship class
. All 18 were commissioned in 1936 and 1937.
Mahan
was the
lead ship
, named for Rear Admiral
Alfred Thayer Mahan
, an influential historian and theorist on sea power.
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
anti-submarine warfare
ships. The lead ship was
USS 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
Evarts-class destroyer escorts
were
destroyer escorts
launched in the
United States
in 1942–44. They served in
World War II
as
convoy
escorts and
anti-submarine warfare
ships. They were also known as the GMT or "short hull" DE class, with GMT standing for General Motors Tandem Diesel drive.