Ocean escort

USS Dealey (DE-1006), the first ocean escort
USS Brooke (DEG-1), lead ship of the only class of guided missile ocean escorts
USS Knox (DE-1052), lead ship of the last class of ocean escorts

Ocean escort was a type of United States Navy warship. They were an evolution of the World War II destroyer escort types. The ocean escorts were intended as convoy escorts and were designed for mobilization production in wartime or low-cost mass production in peacetime. They were commissioned from 1954 through 1974, serving in the Cold War and the Vietnam War.[1][2]

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