"Destroyer escort USS Dennis was positioned alone as the final destroyer escort between the screen of destroyers and destroyers escorts and the escort carriers being shielded."
So, no "slugging it out" for the Dennis.
Stick to your Civil War threads, Doodle.
If you were more careful and let your mouth run less, you would have realized that "all" was a bridge too far.
They had to have one last screen if the front line failed. 
But, let us say their names, while we're on the subject:
destroyers USS Johnston USS Hoel USS Heermann destroyer escorts USS Samuel B. Roberts USS Dennis USS John C. Butler USS Raymond
And a hat-tip to Jared Schmeck for doing his forefathers proud by taking on Fascist Joe and his Goebbels Media machine.