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USS Buckley (DE-51)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - P - G - J
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - WWII Victory Medal
Class: Buckley      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Hingham MA on 29 June 1942, Launched 9 January 1943
Commissioned 30 April 1943, Decommissioned 3 July 1946
Reclassified DER-51, 26 April 1949
Reclassified DE-51 29 September 1954
Stricken 1 June 1968
Fate: Sold for scrapping July 1969
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Buckley 94k Artist's conception of Buckley by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett, with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company, Navy Yard Associates, offers prints of most destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. ALL destroyer escorts are available in their WWII configuration. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. When you purchase artwork from them, please indicate that you heard about their work from Navsource. Navy Yard Associates
Buckley 110k The launch of the USS Buckley at the Bethlehem-Hingham yard near Boston. This was one of the first long-hulled DE's, and the start of a most impressive building programme at this yard. [US Navy photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)", by Peter Elliott] Edib Krlicbegovic,
Bosnia - Hercegovina
Buckley 50k underway, undated (US Navy photo #19-N-44456, NARA II, College Park MD) Tracy White
Buckley 84k underway, undated -
Buckley 79k May 1943 Robert Hurst
Buckley 21k undated wartime image (National Archives #BUSHIPS44457) Nick Tiberio
Buckley 63k May-June 1944: Boston MA - USS Buckley in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard, her bow bent from ramming U-66. (Photo from Captain Jerry Mason, USN ret.) Bill Gonyo
Buckley 58k May-June 1944: Boston MA - Lcdr. Brent Able, USNR, receives the Navy Cross for action as Commanding Officer of USS Buckley from Captain George L. Menocal at the Boston Navy Yard where Buckley is undergoing repairs. (Photo from Captain Jerry Mason, USN ret.)
View the USS Buckley (DE-51), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Nick Corbo
E-mail: nydrummer1@aol.com
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