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Buckley-Class DDE

By Narvikhr

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․