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USS Darby
DE 218 (Buckley class)
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Authorized: ?
Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid Down: February 22 1943
Launched: May 29 1943
Commissioned: November 15 1943
Decommissioned: April 28 1947
Recommissioned: October 24 1950
Decommissioned: (?)
Fate: Stricken, September 23 1968
Sunk as target May 24 1970
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We are seeking information on the USS Darby and her crews.
Files and photos may be
E-mailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough
information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.
The Buckley Class as Constructed
Displacement: 1,400 Tons tons fully loaded.
Length: 306'
Beam: 37'
Draught: 13' 6"
Machinery: 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines;
twin shaft
Performance: 24 kts.
Bunkerage: ?
Range: 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts
Guns: 3 x 3"/50; 4 x 1.1"; 8 x 20mm
Torpedoes: 3 x 21"
Depth Charge: (1) Hedgehog; 8 DCT, 2racks
Crew: 186
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The E-mail:
Subject: USS DARBY (DE-218)
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000
From:
Robert Andersen
Am sending a picture of the the USS DARBY (DE-218). Hope that you can
use it. The DARBY was a Reserve Training Vessel located at Fort McHenry,
Baltimore, MD where I served on it, 1960-1961.
Thank you,
YNC Robert L. Andersen (Ret)
3610 Benson Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21227
E-Mail [email protected]
Many Thanks to NavSource
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