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USS Ricketts (DE-254)
USS ''Ricketts'' (DE-254) was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
She was named in honor of Milton Ernest Ricketts who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his valiant actions during the Battle of the Coral Sea. The ''Ricketts (DE-254),'' a destroyer escort, was laid down 16 March 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 10 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Milton E. Ricketts, widow of ''Lieutenant Ricketts''; and commissioned 5 October 1943 at Houston, Lt. Comdr. Glenn L. Rollins, USCG, in command.
== World War II North Atlantic operations==
After outfitting at Galveston, Texas, and Algiers, Louisiana, ''Ricketts'' sailed to Bermuda for shakedown. She arrived Charleston, South Carolina, 28 November 1943, escorting merchantman . Following post-shakedown overhaul, the escort got underway 9 December for New York City, where she joined a convoy destined for North Africa. The convoy cleared on the 14th, but ''Ricketts'' delayed her departure until the following day to wait for two late-loading merchant ships.
The three ships joined the main body of the convoy 20 December and continued on to Casablanca, French Morocco. ''Ricketts'' returned to New York 24 January 1944, thus completing her only convoy run to the Mediterranean.
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