Topical Guide 355
Mark Dorset
Ships: Warships: World War II Destroyer Escort
BUSTER LEROY DROWNED when his ship, a destroyer escort, was torpedoed in the North Atlantic.
Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 15
Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a 20-knot (37 km/h; 23 mph) warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships.
Development of the destroyer escort was promoted by the British need in World War II for anti-submarine ships that could operate in open oceans at speeds of up to 20 knots. These “British Destroyer Escorts” were designed by the US for mass-production under Lend Lease as a less expensive alternative to fleet destroyers.
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