radar picket escort ship
1Radar picket — A radar picket is a radar equipped ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a force to protect it from surprise attack. Often several detached radar units encircle a force to provide increased cover… …
2Destroyer escort — A destroyer escort (DE) is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti… …
3USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326) — was an sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort. The ship was named for Seaman 2d Class Thomas Jones Gary. The ship was renamed Thomas J. Gary on 1 January 1945 to free the name for planned light cruiser USS|Gary|CL 147.Gary (DE 326) was laid down on 15… …
4USS Vance (DE-387) — was an Edsall class destroyer escort.DANFS EntryNamesakeJoseph Williams Vance, Jr. (born December 4, 1918 in Memphis, Tennessee) attended Southwestern University (The College of the Mississippi Valley) in Memphis from 1936 to 1938 and later the… …
5USS Strickland (DE-333) — Career (US) Namesake: Everett C. Strickland Builder …
6USS Haverfield (DE-393) — Career (US) Namesake: James Wallace Haverfield Builder …
7USS Koiner (DE-331) — Career (US) …
8USS Wagner (DE-539) — Career (US) Laid down: 8 November 1943 Launched …
9USS Rhodes (DE-384) — Career (US) Namesake: Allison Phidel Rhodes Builder …
10USS Sellstrom (DE-255) — USS Sellstrom (DER 255) and a WV 2 in 1957 Career (US) …
