
{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em" |align="center" colspan="2"| |- ! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career ! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| |- | Ordered: | |- | Laid down: | 29 June 1942 |- | Launched: | 9 January 1943 |- | Commissioned: | 30 April 1943 |- | Decommissioned: | |- | Struck: | 1 June 1968 |- | Fate: | Sold for scrap, July 1969 |- !colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics |- | Displacement: | 1,400 tons light displacement,
1,673 tons standard |- | Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |- | Beam: | 37 ft (11.3 m) |- | Draft: | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |- | Propulsion: | Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 hp (8.9 MW) |- | Speed: | 24 knot (speed)s (44 km/h) |- | Complement: | 186 |- | Armament: |3 × 3 in/50 caliber#Caliber as measurement of length guns (76 mm)
3 × 21 in torpedo tubes |} '''USS ''Buckley'' (DE/DER-51)''', a Buckley class destroyer escort destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman John D. Buckley (1920–1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ''Buckley'' was launched 9 January 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. James Buckley, mother of Aviation Ordnanceman Buckley; and commissioned 30 April 1943 Lieutenant Commander A. W. Slayden in command. Between July 1943 and 22 April 1944 ''Buckley'' operated along the eastern seaboard as training ship for prospective officers and nucleus crews of other destroyer escorts. On 22 April 1944 she joined hunter-killer Task Group 21.11 (TG 21.11) for a sweep of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean convoy routes. On the morning of 6 May aircraft from the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-21) (CVE-21) reported an enemy submarine near ''Buckley''. She steamed toward the surfaced submarine, evading her torpedoes and gunfire, and commenced firing. At 03:28 ''Buckley'' rammed the Germany submarine Unterseeboot 66 and then backed off. Shortly thereafter, the submarine struck ''Buckley'', opening a hole in the escort vessel's starboard side. The ''U-66'' drew astern of ''Buckley'' and sank at 03:41 in 17°17' N., 32°24' W. ''Buckley'' picked up 36 German survivors and then retired to New York, New York where she underwent repairs until 14 June 1944. After completing refresher training at Casco Bay, Maine, in July 1944, ''Buckley'' escorted two convoys to North Africa (14 July – 7 November 1944). She then operated on anti-submarine and convoy escort duty along the eastern seaboard and in the North Atlantic until June 1945. During this period ''Buckley'' and USS Reuben James (DE-153) (DE-153) sank the German submarine Unterseeboot 153 on 19 April 1945 in 42°19' N., 61°45' W. ''Buckley'' escorted one more convoy to Algeria during June–July 1945 and upon her return to the east coast commenced conversion to a picket ship. In October 1945 she participated in the Navy Day ceremonies at Jacksonville, Florida, and then on the October 31 reported to the U.S. 16th Fleet at St. John's River, Fla. ''Buckley'' was placed out of commission in reserve 3 July 1946. On 26 April 1949 her classification was changed to DER-51 and on 29 September 1954 she was reclassified DE-51. ''Buckley'' was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 June 1968; she was sold for scrapping July 1969. ''Buckley'' received the Navy Unit Commendation for sinking ''U-66'' and three battle stars for her World War II service. == References ==
== External links == *[http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/051.htm navsource.org: USS ''Buckley''] *[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de51.htm hazegray.org: USS ''Buckley''] Buckley class destroyer escorts
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{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em" |align="center" colspan="2"| |- ! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career ! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| |- | Ordered: | |- | Laid down: | 29 June 1942 |- | Launched: | 9 January 1943 |- | Commissioned: | 30 April 1943 |- | Decommissioned: | |- | Struck: | 1 June 1968 |- | Fate: | Sold for scrap, July 1969 |- !colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics |- | Displacement: | 1,400 tons light displacement,
1,673 tons standard |- | Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |- | Beam: | 37 ft (11.3 m) |- | Draft: | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |- | Propulsion: | Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 hp (8.9 MW) |- | Speed: | 24 knot (speed)s (44 km/h) |- | Complement: | 186 |- | Armament: |3 × 3 in/50 caliber#Caliber as measurement of length guns (76 mm)
3 × 21 in torpedo tubes |} '''USS ''Buckley'' (DE/DER-51)''', a Buckley class destroyer escort destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman John D. Buckley (1920–1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ''Buckley'' was launched 9 January 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. James Buckley, mother of Aviation Ordnanceman Buckley; and commissioned 30 April 1943 Lieutenant Commander A. W. Slayden in command. Between July 1943 and 22 April 1944 ''Buckley'' operated along the eastern seaboard as training ship for prospective officers and nucleus crews of other destroyer escorts. On 22 April 1944 she joined hunter-killer Task Group 21.11 (TG 21.11) for a sweep of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean convoy routes. On the morning of 6 May aircraft from the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-21) (CVE-21) reported an enemy submarine near ''Buckley''. She steamed toward the surfaced submarine, evading her torpedoes and gunfire, and commenced firing. At 03:28 ''Buckley'' rammed the Germany submarine Unterseeboot 66 and then backed off. Shortly thereafter, the submarine struck ''Buckley'', opening a hole in the escort vessel's starboard side. The ''U-66'' drew astern of ''Buckley'' and sank at 03:41 in 17°17' N., 32°24' W. ''Buckley'' picked up 36 German survivors and then retired to New York, New York where she underwent repairs until 14 June 1944. After completing refresher training at Casco Bay, Maine, in July 1944, ''Buckley'' escorted two convoys to North Africa (14 July – 7 November 1944). She then operated on anti-submarine and convoy escort duty along the eastern seaboard and in the North Atlantic until June 1945. During this period ''Buckley'' and USS Reuben James (DE-153) (DE-153) sank the German submarine Unterseeboot 153 on 19 April 1945 in 42°19' N., 61°45' W. ''Buckley'' escorted one more convoy to Algeria during June–July 1945 and upon her return to the east coast commenced conversion to a picket ship. In October 1945 she participated in the Navy Day ceremonies at Jacksonville, Florida, and then on the October 31 reported to the U.S. 16th Fleet at St. John's River, Fla. ''Buckley'' was placed out of commission in reserve 3 July 1946. On 26 April 1949 her classification was changed to DER-51 and on 29 September 1954 she was reclassified DE-51. ''Buckley'' was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 June 1968; she was sold for scrapping July 1969. ''Buckley'' received the Navy Unit Commendation for sinking ''U-66'' and three battle stars for her World War II service. == References ==
== External links == *[http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/051.htm navsource.org: USS ''Buckley''] *[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de51.htm hazegray.org: USS ''Buckley''] Buckley class destroyer escorts
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