US NAVY WW2 Destroyer squadron 1 Fletcher 1 Somers 1 Gearing 1 DE Buckley

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The
Fletcher class
was a
class
of
destroyers
built by the
United States
during
World War II
. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier
destroyer leader
types of the
Porter
and
Somers
classes. Some went on to serve during the
Korean War
and into the
Vietnam War
.
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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
.
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USS Gearing (DD-710)
was the
lead ship
of
her class
of
destroyers
in the
United States Navy
. She was named for three generations of the
Gearing family
, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III.
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USS Somers (DD-381)
was a
destroyer
commissioned in the
United States Navy
from 1937 to 1945. She was the
lead ship
of the
Somers-class
of
destroyer leaders
and was named for
Richard Somers
. During
World War II
, Somers was active in the South Atlantic, the
North Atlantic
, and the
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
.