USS Greenwood (DE-679) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor…

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USS Greenwood (DE-679) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant (j.g.) Frank Greenwood (1915–1942).
Greenwood was launched by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 21 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Laura Greenwood, mother of Lt. (j.g.) Greenwood; and commissioned on 25 September 1943, Lieutenant Commander A. W. Slayton in command.
Greenwood sailed for the Pacific 29 November 1943, reaching Samoa, via the Panama Canal 26 December. She spent nearly a year in the South Pacific escorting transports and cargo ships through the New Hebrides and the Solomons, with side trips to Australia. 
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