USS Duffy (DE-27)

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.

"Duffy" was launched from the Mare Island Navy Yard on April 16, 1943, and was originally intended for transfer to Britain. Instead, she was commissioned by the U.S. Navy on August 5, 1943, captained by Commander G. A. Parkinson, USNR.

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.

At the end of the war, the "Duffy" sailed back to San Francisco, where she arrived on July 26, 1945 . She was decommissioned there on November 9, 1945 and sold June 16, 1947.

By the end of the war, the "Duffy" had received two battle stars.

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