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USS BUCK (DD-420)

CLASS - SIMS As Built.
Displacement 2313 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 348' 4"(oa) x 36' x 12' 10" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG 8 x 21" tt.(2x4).
Machinery, 52,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 192.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Philadelphia Navy Yard April 6 1938.
Launched May 22 1939 and commissioned May 15 1940.
Fate Sunk by U-616 off Salerno Italy October 9 1943.
150 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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Buck 46kJames Buck was born at Baltimore, Md., in 1808 and enlisted in the Navy in 1852. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for his heroic service during the Civil War on board the steamer Brooklyn where, though severely wounded, he stood at the wheel for eight hours and steered the vessel during the engagement with Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi River. He died in Baltimore 1 November 1865. Digital ID: det 4a14031, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Bill Gonyo
Buck 10kUndated, location unknown.-
Buck 37kUndated, location unknown.Joe Radigan
Buck 132kUSS Biscayne (AVP-11) Serving as the flagship of the "Joss" (Licata) invasion force during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943 Photographed from USS Buck (DD-420). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
USS BUCK DD-420 History
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