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DE- 635 USS ENGLAND

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 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 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, San Francisco CA on 4 April 1943
Launched 26 September 1943, Commissioned 10 December 1943
Scheduled conversion to APD-41 never carried out
Decommissioned 15 October 1945, Stricken 1 November 1945

Fate: Sold 26 November 1946 and broken up for scrap.

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England 40k The Philadelphia Navy Yard, on 21 July 1945. She was there for repairs after being hit by a "Kamikaze" off Okinawa on 9 May 1945. USN
England 72k Damage from a "Kamikaze" hit received off Okinawa on 9 May 1945. This view, taken at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, on 24 July 1945, shows the port side of the forward superstructure, near where the suicide plane struck. Note scoreboard painted on the bridge face, showing her Presidential Unit Citation pennant and symbols for the six Japanese submarines and three aircraft credited to England. Also note fully provisioned life raft at right. USN
England 27k In May 1944 USS England (DE-635) entered the record books by sinking six Japanese submarines in 12 days. USN
England 143k showing Kamikaze damaged bridge.. National Archives
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England 47k 26 September 1943, Launch National Archives
19-N-51896
England 60k off San Francisco, 9 February 1944 National Archives
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England 58k off San Francisco, 9 February 1944 National Archives
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England 56k off San Francisco, 9 February 1944 National Archives
19-N-60941
England 67k off San Francisco, 9 February 1944 National Archives
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England 152k Burned-out officers' stateroom in the forward superstructure, from a "Kamikaze" that hit near her bridge while she was off Okinawa on 9 May 1945. This view was taken at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 24 July 1945. National Archives
80-G-336950

USS ENGLAND DE- 635 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Dennis O'Brien
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: dennis@ussengland.net


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
USS England DE-635 Web Site
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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