The USS Greenwood (DE-679) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort commissioned into the United States Navy during World War II. Built at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, she was launched on August 21, 1943, and commissioned on September 25, 1943. The vessel’s design as a Buckley-class escort included a displacement typical of the class, with armament suited for convoy protection and anti-submarine warfare, although specific dimensions are not provided in the source. Following her commissioning, Greenwood departed for the Pacific Theater, arriving at Samoa via the Panama Canal on December 26, 1943. Throughout nearly a year in the South Pacific, she played a vital role escorting transports and cargo ships through the New Hebrides and Solomon Islands, with occasional stops in Australia. Notably, on December 30, 1944, she joined Admiral Kinkaid’s 7th Fleet at Leyte Gulf, providing convoy escort duties for merchant ships and LSTs during the Philippines campaign. Greenwood also participated in operations around Iwo Jima and conducted submarine and anti-submarine training exercises at Eniwetok. After the cessation of hostilities, Greenwood underwent overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, concluding 22 months of continuous Pacific service in September 1945. She then returned to the East Coast, arriving at New London, Connecticut, in April 1946. Her post-war career involved escort duties along the U.S. East Coast, serving as a school ship for the Fleet Sonar School at Key West, and participating in training exercises at Norfolk and Newport. From 1957, she served as a Selected Reserve Training Ship at Charleston, South Carolina. Recommissioned during the Berlin crisis in 1961, Greenwood continued reserve training cruises out of St. Petersburg, Florida, until she was finally decommissioned in August 1962. She was stricken from the Naval Register in February 1967 and sold for scrapping later that year. Throughout her service, the USS Greenwood earned two battle stars for her World War II operations, reflecting her significant contribution to convoy protection and anti-submarine warfare during the war.

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