"USS Whitehurst (DE-634), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Henry Purefoy Whitehurst, Jr. Ensign Whitehurst was a crew member of the Astoria (CA-34) when he was killed while his ship participated in the Battle of Savo Island off Guadalcanal in August 1942."@en . . . "--10-02"^^ . . . . . . "USS Whitehurst (DE-634), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Henry Purefoy Whitehurst, Jr. Ensign Whitehurst was a crew member of the Astoria (CA-34) when he was killed while his ship participated in the Battle of Savo Island off Guadalcanal in August 1942."@en . "--03-21"^^ . . . . . . "300"^^ . . . . . . . "--09-01"^^ . "USS Whitehurst (DE-634)"@en .