| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 484 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 9 Sep 1940 |
| Laid down | 11 Feb 1941 |
| Launched | 22 Nov 1941 |
| Commissioned | 21 Mar 1942 |
| End service | 28 Apr 1948 |
| History | Decommissioned 21 May 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Buchanan (ii) (DD 484)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| Floyd Bertram Thomas Myhre, USN | Feb 1944 | ||
| 1 | Ralph Ensign Wilson, USN | 21 Mar 1942 | |
| 2 | Maurice Mortimer DeWolf, USN | Feb 1944 | Mar 1945 |
| 3 | Daniel Ermentrout Henry, USN | Mar 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Buchanan (ii) include:
22 Jan 1944
The US Oiler USS Cache is torpedoed and damaged by the Japanese submarine RO-37 (offsite link) about 155 nautical miles south-east of San Cristobal, Solomons in position 12°08'S, 164°23'E.
The Cache sent out an SOS that reached the nearby US destroyer USS Buchanan. While racing towards the scene at full speed the Buchanan picks up a radar echo that turned out to be RO-37. The Japanese submarine was eventually sunk by Buchanan after more than two hours about 130 nautical miles east-south-east of San Cristobal in position 11°47'S, 164°17'E. (see map)
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