USS ENGLAND DE-635 Length: 93.2m Beam: 11.2m Displacement: 1400t The England ended up being among 149 turbo-electric (TE) series destroyer escorts commissioned between April 1943 and March 1944, called after Ensign John Charles England who had been killed onboard the Oklahoma (BB-37) through the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. She was commissioned on 10 December 1943, arrived at Espiritu Santo on 12 March 1944, from in which she was involved in escort duties. Between 19 might and 31 might 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 fees. After the successes contrary to the six submarines, England proceeded to work as convoy escort and had been a part of operations against Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Ultimately of war, England was decommissioned on 15 October 1945.
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