USS Buck (DD-761)

USS Buck (DD-761) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer commissioned into the United States Navy in 1946. Although she was completed too late to see action in World War II, Buck served with distinction during the Korean War, providing naval gunfire support and screening aircraft carriers. Throughout the Cold War, she participated in various exercises and deployments, serving in both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets. After over two decades of service, USS Buck was decommissioned in 1973 and later scrapped.