Buckley class

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Buckley class
The Buckley
The Buckley
Ship data
country United States 48United States United States
Ship type Escort destroyer
Construction period 1942 to 1944
Launch of the type ship January 9, 1943
Units built 102
Ship dimensions and crew
length
93.2 m ( Lüa )
width 11.1 m
Draft Max. 3.3 m
displacement 1,140 t
maximum: 1,430 t
 
crew 213 men
Machine system
machine 2 × steam boiler
2 × steam turbine
Machine
performance 		12,000 PS (8,826 kW)
Top
speed 		24 kn (44 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament
  • 3 × Sk 7.62 cm L / 50 MK22
  • 4 × Flak 2.8 cm L / 75 MK2
  • 8 × Fla - MK 2.0 cm
  • 3 × torpedo tube ø 53.3 cm
  • 2 × depth charges at the stern
  • 8 × depth charges, 4 on each side
  • 1 × hedgehog

The Buckley class consisted of 102 destroyer escorts (US Navy identification: DE = Destroyer Escort). In terms of their size, these ships are more comparable to corvettes , but in the American naming scheme they were among the "small" destroyers. These units were built between 1942–1944. They served as escorts for convoys in World War II and were mainly used for submarine hunting , but also for air defense. The lead ship of this class was the Buckley (ID: DE-51), which was launched on January 9, 1943 and put into service on April 30, 1943. The Buckley- class ships had turbo-electric propulsion . The ships and their components were prefabricated in various factories, and these were then assembled in the shipyard.

Hull numbers

A total of 102 Buckley- class ships were built. The ships were built in series, with these being delivered to the US Navy in one block . The following table illustrates this procedure.

46 units of this class were delivered to the Royal Navy , where they were classified as frigates and named after captains' names from the Napoleonic War . Therefore this class was in the Royal Navy and was named the Captain class along with 32 Evarts class destroyers / frigates .

From To
DE-51 DE-70

Notes on ships of this class

The British units were returned to the USA after the end of the war. The Royal Navy had lost two units to submarines during the war ( Bickerton and Bullen ), eight other units were brought in after serious damage, but were never repaired and were scrapped. The remaining ships made available to the British were mostly scrapped after their return.

After the Second World War , most of the remaining units were sold to Taiwan , South Korea , Mexico , Chile and other countries. The remainder remained in the US Navy reserve fleet until they were retired.

Web links

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