Trumpeter 05305 1/350 USS ENGLAND DE-635  [TP05305]

USS ENGLAND DE-635 Length: 93.2m Beam: 11.2m Displacement: 1400t The England ended up being among 149 turbo-electric (TE) series destroyer escorts commissioned between April 1943 and March 1944, known as after Ensign John Charles England who was killed onboard the Oklahoma (BB-37) through the 7 December 1941 assault on Pearl Harbor. She was commissioned on 10 December 1943, arrived at Espiritu Santo on 12 March 1944, from in which she had been engaged in escort duties. Between 19 May and 31 May 1944, England, in company with George (DE-697), Raby (DE-698), and Spangler (DE-696), stalked and sank six Japanese submarines, with MK10 �Hedgehog� Projector and Depth charges. Following the successes contrary to the six submarines, England continued to work as convoy escort and ended up being associated with operations against Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. In the long run of this war, England had been decommissioned on 15 October 1945.

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