ENGLAND DE 635

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Buckley Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 4 April 1943 - Launched 26 September 1943 USS ENGLAND DE-635 Commissioned 10 December 1943 - Decommissioned 15 October 1945 Stricken 1 November 1945 Sold 26 November 1946 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS England DE-635 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Other Information

USS ENGLAND earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 10 Battle stars, the WWII Victory Medal and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Ensign John Charles England, USNR (11 December 1920 - 7 December 1941)
England completed his training on 5 June 1941 and was commissioned Ensign, USNR, 6 June 1941. On 3 September 1941, he reported for duty in USS Oklahoma BB-37 and was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Ensign England survived the initial attack and escaped topside as the ship was capsizing. He remembered the men still in the radio room. He returned three times to the radio room, each time guiding a man to safety. He left to go back below decks for the fourth time and was never seen again. Ensign England's gallant efforts saved three, but cost him his life. He was one of twenty officers and 395 enlisted men who were killed on board USS Oklahoma that morning. Ensign John Charles England was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal.

Two ships of the US Navy were named in his honor - USS England DE-635 and USS England CG-22.

USS ENGLAND is credited with a record 5 sub sinkings in one week, a record that still stands.
Japanese Submarine I-16 May 19 1944 - Japanese Submarine RO-106 May 22 1944
Japanese Submarine RO-104 May 23 1944 - Japanese Submarine RO-116 May 24 1944
Japanese Submarine RO-108 May 26 1944

The ships sponsor was Mrs. H. B. England, mother of Ensign England.

 

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