USS ENGLAND DE-635 Length: 93.2m Beam: 11.2m Displacement: 1400t The England finished up being among 149 turbo-electric (TE) series destroyer escorts commissioned between April 1943 and March 1944, referred to as after Ensign John Charles England who had been killed onboard the Oklahoma (BB-37) through 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. She ended up being commissioned on 10 December 1943, arrived at Espiritu Santo on 12 March 1944, from which she was involved in escort duties. Between 19 May and 31 May 1944, England, in company with George (DE-697), Raby (DE-698), and Spangler (DE-696), stalked and sank six Japanese submarines, with MK10 �Hedgehog� Projector and Depth costs. Following the successes contrary to the six submarines, England proceeded working as convoy escort and wound up being connected with operations against Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Over time of the war, England have been decommissioned on 15 October 1945.
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