USS Duffy (DE-27)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Duffy.

USS Duffy (DE-27) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort that served in the Pacific during World War II.

USS Duffy (DE-27)
History
United States
Name	Duffy
Namesake	Charles John Duffy
Builder	Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down	29 October 1942
Launched	16 April 1943
Commissioned	5 August 1943
Decommissioned	9 November 1945
Honors and awards	2 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrap on 16 June 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Evarts-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,420 long tons (1,443 t) full
Length	289 ft (88 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Complement	156
Armament	3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual-purpose guns 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds) 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Namesake

Charles John Duffy was born 31 December 1919 in New York City. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 25 April 1941 and was appointed an aviation cadet on 13 November 1941. Flying a carrier aircraft. Ensign Duffy was killed in action during the Naval Battle of Casablanca, French Morocco, 8 November 1942 during the Allied landings in North Africa.

Construction and commissioning

Duffy was launched from the Mare Island Navy Yard on 16 April 1943, and was originally intended for transfer to the British Royal Navy. Instead, she was commissioned by the U.S. Navy on 5 August 1943.

Service history

Duffy was mainly involved in escorting supply ships and as part of larger carrier groups, taking credit for downing a twin-engine Japanese "Betty" bomber in December 1944 at Leyte. On 29 December, Duffy fired a shore bombardment on Maloelap while covering air strikes. Duffy continued to bombard and wage psychological warfare on various bypassed islands, and on 14 June 1945, she took prisoner seven men of the cutoff garrison on Mille Atoll.

At the end of the war, Duffy sailed back to San Francisco, where she arrived on 26 July 1945. She was decommissioned there on 9 November 1945 and sold for scrap on 16 June 1947.

Awards

	Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
	American Campaign Medal
	Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal (with two service stars)
	World War II Victory Medal

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Duffy at NavSource Naval History