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| HMS Dacres |
 
Dates: 1943 - 1946 HMS Dacres was a sole named ship which was on Lend Lease from the US Navy, it was Returned to the USN on 26/01/1946 and renamed the USS Duffy The USS Duffy (DE-27) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort that served in the Pacific during World War II. It was named after Charles John Duffy. The Duffy was mainly involved in escorting supply ships and as part of larger carrier groups, taking credit for downing an enemy plane in December 1944 at Leyte. On December 29, 1944, the Duffy fired a shore bombardment on Maloelap while covering air strikes. The Duffy continued to bombard and wage psychological warfare on various bypassed islands, and on June 14, 1945, she took prisoner seven men of the cutoff garrison on Mille Atoll.
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