USS Buchanan

USS Buchanan

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named "Buchanan", in honor of Admiral Franklin Buchanan.

* The USS|Buchanan|DD-131, was a "Wickes"-class destroyer, transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS "Campbeltown".

* The USS|Buchanan|DD-484, was a "Gleaves"-class destroyer, commissioned in 1942 and decommissioned in 1946. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as the "Gelibolu".

* The USS|Buchanan|DDG-14, was a "Charles F. Adams"-class guided missile armed destroyer, commissioned in 1962 and decommissioned in 1991.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b10-list.htm
*NVR|http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG14.htm


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