USS Darby (DE-218) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947 and from 1950 to 1968. She was sunk as a target in 1970.

USS Darby (DE 218) is photographed from USS Saginaw Bay (CVE 82) in camouflage 31/22d even though the lightest color is light gray. The transport in the background wearing camouflage 32/8T probably is USS Starlight (AP 175), with the ships heading to …

Darby (DE-218) was launched 29 Mav 1943 by Philadelphia Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. M. E. Darby; and commissioned 15 November 1943, Commander D. D. Humphreys, USNR, in command. Clearing...

DE-218 General Specifications. Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort. Named for: Marshall E. Darby. Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted. Displacement: 1400 tons. Length: 306 feet . Beam: 37 feet . Flank Speed: 23 knots . Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles. Final Disposition:Sunk as a target 24 May 1970

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The USS Darby (DE-218) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort. The vessel was named in honor of Ensign Marshall E. Darby, who, during the attack of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, fell overboard as he was doing duty on board the USS Okinawa.

MARSHALL EUGENE DARBY, JR. Wikipedia (as of 2024) Darby was named in honor of Ensign Marshall E. Darby (1918–1941), who fell overboard, while serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

USS Darby (DE-218), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Marshall E. Darby (1918–1941), who was killed in action, while serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

Am sending a picture of the the USS DARBY (DE-218). Hope that you can use it. The DARBY was a Reserve Training Vessel located at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD where I served on it, 1960-1961.

The remaining ships (23) made up the ' Delaware section and were escorted by USS Jacob Jones, USS Hammann, USS USS Robert E. Peary, USS Sturtevant, USS Blair and USS Brough. The New York section arrived at its destination during the night of 2/3 January 1944.