page_title: USS Buckley (DE-51)
section_title: Conversion and fate
hierarchical_section_title: USS Buckley (DE-51) / History / Conversion and fate
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Buckley (DE-51), following her conversion to a radar picket ship, circa in late 1945. Note her newly-fitted 127mm/38 main battery guns, the mainmast, carrying the SP radar and the unusually large hull numbers. Buckley was decommssioned on 3 July 1946 and was redesignated DER-51 between 26 April 1949 and 29 September 1954, while being in reserve.
context_page_description: USS Buckley (DE-51) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. After spending 23 years in reserve, she was scrapped in 1969.
context_section_description: Upon her return to the east coast, she commenced conversion to a radar picket ship.  In October 1945, she participated in the Navy Day ceremonies at Jacksonville, Florida, and then on 31 October reported to the 16th Fleet at St. Johns River, Florida.  Buckley was placed out of commission in reserve on 3 July 1946.  On 26 April 1949 her classification was changed to DER-51 (radar picket destroyer escort), and on 29 September 1954, she was reclassified back to DE-51.
  Buckley was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1968; she was sold for scrapping July 1969.
caption: Buckley after her conversion, in late 1945.
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