The USS John D. Ford was a Buckley-class destroyer escort ship named after John D. Ford, a naval aviator who died in the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II. The ship was constructed by the Philadelphia Navy Yard and launched in 1943. It served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II, participating in convoy escort duties and anti-submarine warfare operations. Post-war, the USS John D. Ford was decommissioned in 1946 but was later recommissioned during the Korean War. The ship was then transferred to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1955 and renamed JDS Tsuge. It served in the Japanese navy until 1977 when it was decommissioned and eventually scrapped. The USS John D. Ford received two battle stars for its service in World War II.

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