# "DESTROYER ESCORT" 1943 U.S. NAVY DE's IN CONVOY DUTY & ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE WWII FILM 24712

This film is about the story of the destroyer escorts and their services in the U.S. Navy it shows the construction and launch of the USS Frament (DE-677) in June 28 1943 and USS Brennan (DE-13) in August 22 1942. The Destroyer Escort was the United States Navy mid-20th century classification for a 20-knot (23 mph) warship designed with endurance to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships. Kaibōkan were designed for a similar role in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Royal Navy and Commonwealth forces identified such warships as frigates, and that classification was widely accepted when the United States redesignated destroyer escorts as frigates in 1975. Destroyer escorts, frigates and kaibōkan were mass-produced for World War II as a less expensive anti-submarine warfare alternative to fleet destroyers. Destroyer Escort (DE) number 677 represents a class of fast, agile warships crucial in anti-submarine warfare during World War II. Built rapidly and economically, these ships carried powerful armaments like torpedoes, depth charges, and the Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar. The DE and its mostly civilian crew undergo a rigorous Shakedown Cruise to test equipment, train for battle readiness, and learn essential skills such as radar and sonar operation, refueling at sea, and tactical maneuvers like zigzagging and smoke screens. After extensive drills, inspections, and visiting ports like Bermuda, the crew graduates as seasoned sailors, ready to protect convoys and…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/24712DestroyerEscort)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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