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Navy Ships Named for Coastguardsmen

Designation Name Class Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
               
USS Satterlee Clemson Class DD DD 190 1919 - 1940 Named for CAPT Charles Satterlee, CO, USRC/CGC Tampa
To UK in 1940 as Lend Lease
Sunk in action on 31 January 1942
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USS Newcomb Fletcher Class DD DD 586 1943 - 1945 Named for CAPT Frank Newcomb, CO, USRC/CGC Hudson
Earned 8 battle stars in WWII
Hit by 5 kamikazes at Okinawa - saved by heroic efforts of crew
Returned to San Diego for repairs
End if the war stopped repair effort
Scrapped
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USS Satterlee Gleaves Clas DD DD 626 1943 - 1946 Named for CAPT Charles Satterlee, CO, USRC/CGC Tampa
Earned 2 battle stars in WWII
Scrapped
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USS Douglas A. Munro John C. Butler Class DE DE 422 1947 - 1960 Named for Douglas Munro, Medal of Honor
Fought in WWII and Korea
Earned 3 battle stars in Korea
Sunk as target
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