Gleaves-class destroyer
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The Gleaves-class destroyers were a class of 66 destroyers of the United States Navy built 1938–42, designed by Gibbs & Cox. The first ship of the class was USS Gleaves. They were the destroyer type t
USS Buchanan in 1942
USS Buchanan (DD-484)
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USS Buchanan was a Gleaves-class destroyer, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Franklin Buchanan, who was an officer in the U.S. Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Na
Gleaves-class destroyer
…Ward DD-483 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company 11 February 1941 22 November 1941 4 March 1942 Sunk by air attack off Guadalcanal, 7 April 1943 Buchanan DD-484 21 March 1942 21 May 1946 Transferred to Turkey as Gelibolu, 28 April 1949 Duncan DD-485 31 July 1941 20 February 1942 16 April 1942 —N/a Sunk…
USS Buchanan (DD-484)