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
USS Buchanan (DD-484)
This list catalogs the most honored US Naval vessels of the Second World War. It is placed in descending order of earned Battle Stars; descending accorded unit recognitions; descending ship size by ty
USS Buchanan (DD-484)
…in reserve there 21 May 1946. Buchanan received the Presidential Unit Citation and 16 battle stars for her World War II service, placing her among the most decorated US Naval vessels of World War II. Buchanan was recommissioned 11 December 1948 at Charleston and underwent shakedown and refresher training with a nucleus Turkish crew aboard. On 29…
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