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Destroyer escort
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Destroyer escort was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a 20-knot warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships.
USS Evarts
USS Evarts
USS Dealey
USS Dealey
HMS Dacres, converted to act as a headquarters ship during Operation Neptune
HMS Dacres, converted to act as a headquarters ship during Operation Neptune
Escort destroyer
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An escort destroyer was a small warship built to full naval standards which was optimised for air-defence and anti-submarine duties in wartime, but which retained many of the capabilities of a traditi
Destroyer escort
…destroyers. As Cold War destroyer escorts became as large as wartime destroyers, the United States Navy converted some of their World War II destroyers to escort destroyers (DDE). Full-sized destroyers must be able to steam as fast or faster than cruisers and fast capital ships such as fleet carriers. This typically requires…
USS Bache following DDE conversion with Weapon Alpha replacing mount 52.
USS Bache following DDE conversion with Weapon Alpha replacing mount 52.