USS Swenning (DD 394).
Three destroyer escortsBronstein, England and Frost—were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for individual anti-submarine action in World War II. Samuel B. Roberts, Raymond, Dennis and John C. Butler also received the Presidential Unit Citation as part of Taffy 3 in the Battle off Samar, 1944; Haverfield, Swenning, Willis, Janssen, Wilhoite and Francis M. Robinson received one or more Presidential Unit Citations as part of hunter-killer task groups with escort carrier Bogue (CVE 9) in the Atlantic; and Pillsbury, Pope, Chatelain and Jenks received the Presidential Unit Citation as part of hunter-killer task groups with escort carrier Guadalcanal (CVE 60).