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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 8 November 1943 |
| Launched: | 14 January 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 1 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 June 1946 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target |
| Struck: | 1 May 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,350 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 7 in (11 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 4 in (4 m) |
| Speed: | 24. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. 3 knots (45 km/h) |
| Complement: | 222 |
| Armament: | 2 5", 4 40mm, and 10 20mm guns, 2 depth charge tracks, 8 depth charge projecters, 1 hedgehog-type depth charge projectors, 3 21" torpedo tubes |
USS Abercrombie (DE-343) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ensign William Abercrombie. A Destroyer Escort (DE is the classification for a small relatively slow Warship (when compared to first-rate Naval fleet vessels designed to be used to escort An ensign is a distinguishing Flag of a ship or a military unit or a distinguishing token emblem or badge such as a symbol of office Ensign William Warner Abercrombie, USN ( 24 July 1914 - 4 June 1942) was a United States Navy officer and Naval Aviator
She was laid down on 8 November 1943 at Orange, Texas by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, launched on 14 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 18643 Consolidated Steel Corporation built ships during World War II in two locations Wilmington California and Orange Texas. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. C. W. Abercrombie, mother of the late Ensign Abercrombie, and commissioned on 1 May 1944 with Lt. Cmdr. Bernard H. Commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lieutenant Commander ( Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy) is a Commissioned officer rank in many navies Superior Katschinski in command.
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May - October 1944
The destroyer escort spent the first three weeks of May in the vicinity of Galveston, Texas either at sea in the Gulf of Mexico testing her ordnance and equipment or in port receiving finishing touches in preparation for shakedown training. "Galveston" redirects here For the town in the US state of Indiana see Galveston Indiana. The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world She conducted her shakedown cruise in the British West Indies late in May and early in June before putting into Boston on the 25th for post-shakedown repairs. The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which were at one time colonised by the United Kingdom. Eleven days later, Abercrombie headed south to Norfolk where she stopped over on the night of 7 and 8 July. Norfolk is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 From there the warship took departure for Aruba, a Dutch island off the coast of Venezuela, and a transshipment and refining center for Venezuelan crude oil, in company with USS Walter C. Wann, USS Chepachet, and USS Salamonie. Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the USS Walter C Wann (DE-412 Overview The Walter C Wann (DE-412 was a John C Personnel HR Adams (LCDR CO 1943 Robert Maynes Gordon Black Bill Newsom Andrew J Service history World War II After runs to various North American Atlantic Ocean ports Salamonie got underway for her first overseas mission on 13 November Abercrombie and Walter C. Wann shepherded the two oilers into port at Aruba late in the evening of 15 July. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Two days later after the oilers loaded cargo, the convoy put to sea again.
After seeing Chepachet and Salamonie safely to the Panama Canal, Abercrombie began two weeks of patrol and escort duty in the Caribbean Sea that ended on 1 August when she entered the canal. The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the For the region see Caribbean. The Caribbean Sea (kəˈrɪbiən or /ˌkærɨˈbiːən/ is a tropical Sea in the Western Hemisphere Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Following two days of liberty at Balboa, Panama, the destroyer escort got underway for San Diego where she arrived on 11 August. Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation On 22 August, Abercrombie set sail for Hawaii, arriving at Pearl Harbor a week later. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Pearl Harbor is a Harbor on the Island of O{{okina}}ahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. For three weeks, the warship conducted training exercises with escort carriers in the Hawaiian Islands before putting to sea on 19 September to escort USS General W. F. Hase to Manus in the Admiralty Islands. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Operational history General W F Hase (AP-146 was launched under a Maritime Commission contract (MC #662 15 December 1943 by Kaiser Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Admiralty Islands. For the island in Alaska see Admiralty Island. For other uses see The Admiralty Islands.
Abercrombie and her charge entered Seeadler Harbor at Manus on 30 September. Seeadler Harbor, also known as Port Seeadler is located on Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea and played an important role in World Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the The destroyer escort remained there for two weeks. On 14 October, she returned to sea and joined the screen of an escort carrier task group on its way to provide close air support for the amphibious landings at Leyte in the Philippine Islands. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the invasion and conquest of Leyte in the Philippines by American The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP After rendezvousing with a large convoy of amphibious ships and merchantmen off Hollandia on the northern coast of New Guinea, Abercrombie's group set course for the Philippines. Jayapura City (Kota Jayapura (West Papuan - Port Numbai is the capital of Papua province Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known The convoy arrived in Leyte Gulf on 20 October not long after the troops had made the initial landings. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Leaving the reinforcement convoy in Leyte Gulf, Abercrombie escorted the small carriers to their operating area east of the Philippines.
For the next five days, the destroyer escort screened the carriers against submarine and air attack while their aviators supported the troops on Leyte with close support and interdiction sorties. A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability While not actually engaged in any of the three phases of the Battle for Leyte Gulf fought on 24 and 25 October, Abercrombie was close enough for her crew to watch some portions of the phase known as the Battle off Samar on 25 October when a Japanese surface force of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers made a surface gun attack on the escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts of the northernmost elements of her Task Group (TG) 77. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the "Battle for Leyte Gulf" the "Battles for Leyte Gulf" and formerly as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a The Battle off Samar was the central action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, arguably the Largest naval battle in history. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were A cruiser is a large type of Warship, which had its prime period from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War. In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy 4.
November 1944 - March 1945
After the excitement of 25 October, the warship spent the remainder of the month screening the escort carriers. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a She then headed back to Manus in the Admiralty Islands where she arrived on 3 November. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Abercrombie remained at Manus for most of November, setting sail for the northern Solomons on the 28th. The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands After amphibious landing exercises at Cape Torokina on Bougainville and at Huon Gulf, New Guinea, she returned to Manus to make final preparations for the invasion of Luzon. Cape Torokina is a Promontory at the north end of Empress Augusta Bay, along the central part of the southeastern coast of Bougainville, in Papua New Bougainville is part of Papua New Guinea. Geographically, Bougainville is included in the chain of islands known as the Solomon Islands in Melanesia Huon Gulf is a large gulf in eastern Papua New Guinea, at. It is bordered by Huon Peninsula in the north Luzon is the largest and most economically and politically important Island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country with Visayas
On 27 December, the destroyer escort put to sea in company with a large group of amphibious ships. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the For the invasion of Luzon, Abercrombie served as the flagship for TG 79. 9, Control Group "Able," of Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson's Task Force (TF) 79, the Lingayen Attack Force. Vice Admiral is a naval rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority This article is about the Navy admiral who served in World War II Steaming northwest to Leyte Gulf thence through the Surigao Strait, she passed through the Mindanao Sea around the southern tip of Negros and turned north to transit the Sulu Sea. Surigao Strait is a Body of water in the Philippines located between the Islands of Mindanao and Leyte. The Bohol Sea, also called the Mindanao Sea, is located between Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines. The Sulu Sea is a large sea in the southwestern area of the Philippines. From that point on to Lingayen Gulf, Japanese aircraft and midget submarines harassed the invasion force. Though enemy aircraft sank several American warships and damaged a number of others, the combat air patrol (CAP) provided a fairly effective umbrella, and only a small percentage of the raiders succeeded in penetrating the aerial shield. As a consequence, Abercrombie's guns remained silent throughout the passage.
On the night of 8 and 9 January 1945, the destroyer escort entered Lingayen Gulf. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Early on the morning of the 9th, she steamed in close to shore to take up station as a control ship for the amphibious craft. She anchored about 4,500 yards off the main assault beaches near the town of Lingayen. During the final pre-invasion bombardment, Abercrombie's guns opened fire on the enemy for the first time when a kamikaze dived on USS Columbia. ( is a word of Japanese origin which in English usually refers to the Suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Awards In addition to the Navy Unit Commendation Columbia received 10 Battle stars for World War II service In spite of the defensive efforts of the ships around the cruiser, the suicider succeeded in crashing Columbia, the third enemy plane to do so in as many days. Not long thereafter, Abercrombie turned to her primary mission as landing craft of the first assault waves formed up on her for the run to the beaches. For most of the morning, landing craft lined up under her direction before starting for the shore.
By 1100, the general lack of resistance on the beaches allowed the transports and cargo ships to move inshore to complete disembarking troops and unloading supplies and equipment. That development freed Abercrombie of control ship duties, and she steamed out to join the antiaircraft screen for empty transports awaiting the formation of convoys for the return voyage to rear area bases. That evening, the warship stood out of Lingayen Gulf in the screen of one such convoy and escorted it by way of Leyte to Biak in the Schouten Islands. This page is about the island in Papua Indonesia For the language spoken there see Biak language. The Schouten Islands ( Kepulauan Biak, also Biak Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an Island group of eastern Indonesia in the From there, Abercrombie carried out another convoy escort mission, seeing troops and equipment safely to Mindoro in the Philippines. For the unincorporated community of Mindoro Wisconsin in the United States of America see Mindoro Wisconsin. The destroyer escort then voyaged to Ulithi Atoll in the Western Carolines for two weeks of rest and relaxation. Ulithi is an Atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 191 km (103 nautical mi east of Yap. The Caroline Islands form a large Archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea. At the conclusion of that interlude, she returned to Leyte where she made preparations for and trained for the invasion of the Ryukyu Islands. The Ryukyu Islands, in Japanese called the (literally Southwest Islands are a chain of Japanese islands in the western Pacific Ocean at the eastern limit
On 21 March, Abercrombie departed Leyte with TG 51. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. 1 as part of the screen for the Western Islands Attack Group. That unit's assignment was to secure Kerama Retto, a group of small islands located to the west of the southern half of Okinawa, before the main assault for use as a fleet anchorage, replenishment area, and temporary repair facility. is one of Japan 's southern prefectures, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1000 km long which extends southwest from Kyūshū Her unit, therefore, went into action in the Ryūkyūs a week before the majority of the invasion force. For five days, she provided antiaircraft and antisubmarine protection for the naval units supporting the subjection of that group of islets. On 1 April, attention shifted to the main objective when the landing force stormed ashore on Okinawa itself. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Abercrombie spent another five days guarding the supporting ships against attack by Japanese submarines and planes.
April - December 1945
She cleared the Ryukyu Islands on 5 April in company with Task Unit (TU) 51. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop 29. 4 and set a course for the Marianas. The destroyer escort stopped at Saipan from 9 to 11 April and then put to sea in company with USS Mustin bound for Ulithi. Saipan (saɪˈpæn /saɪˈpɑn/ or /ˈsaɪpæn/ in English is the largest Island and Capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. 1939 – 1941 Mustin joined the Atlantic Fleet for the tense period of neutrality patrol preceding American entry in World War II, playing her After spending the night of 12 and 13 April at Ulithi, Abercrombie sortied from the anchorage on the 13th with TG 55. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 8 for the return voyage to Okinawa.
Arriving back in the Ryūkyūs on 17 April, the destroyer escort spent the next two months performing a variety of services in support of the campaign to wrest Okinawa from the Japanese. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. During that period, anti-air defense proved to be the most pressing problem. Enemy air power in the form of both suicide and conventional raids tested the Navy's endurance nearly to the limit. Ships such as Abercrombie patrolling the radar picket stations surrounding Okinawa provided early warnings of incoming air raids and bore the brunt of those onslaughts. The destroyer escort tangled with Japanese planes on at least 16 separate occasions, claiming two definite kills and two assists. When not standing watch on a radar picket station, Abercrombie conducted antisubmarine searches, rescued downed American airmen, and provided escort services to a variety of ships.
On 14 June, the warship departed the Ryūkyūs in company with TU 31. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the 29. 8, bound for the Marianas. She arrived at Saipan four days later and remained there, undergoing routine maintenance while her crew enjoyed some respite from the rigors of duty at Okinawa, until the end of the month. Abercrombie returned to sea on 1 July to proceed independently to Okinawa. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. She reached her destination on Independence Day 1945 but remained there only two days. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar On 6 July, she cleared the Ryūkyūs as a unit of TF 32 to join the US 3rd Fleet in its rampage through Japanese home waters. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England The Third Fleet is one of six numbered fleets in the United States Navy. Over the ensuing three weeks, she screened the larger units of the fleet against a submarine threat that probably did not exist and sank mines. On 31 July, Abercrombie returned to Okinawa and resumed antiaircraft and antisubmarine defense duties for a week. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently
The warship took departure from Okinawa once again on 8 August and shaped a course for Leyte in the Philippines. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. She entered San Pedro Bay at Leyte on the llth and commenced a nine-day maintenance period. San Pedro Bay is a Bay in the Philippines, at the northwest end of Leyte Gulf, about 15 km east-west and 20 km north-south Abercrombie stood out of San Pedro Bay on 20 August and headed back to Okinawa. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine She stayed in the vicinity of Okinawa from 23 August to 9 September and then embarked upon a voyage to escort occupation forces to Korea. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. She arrived in Jinsen (now Inchon), Korea, on the 15th and departed again on the 17th. Incheon is a metropolitan city and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. Incheon is a metropolitan city and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. The warship made a three-day stopover at Okinawa between 19 and 22 September and then headed for occupation duty in Japan. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Abercrombie entered Wakanoura Wan, Honshū, on 24 September, and began six weeks of duty in support of the forces occupying Japan. is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. On 4 November, the destroyer escort concluded her assignment in Japan and laid in a course for the United States. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Steaming by way of Pearl Harbor, she entered port at San Pedro, California on 21 November and began preparations for inactivation. San Pedro is a beach community within Los Angeles California, USA Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem.
1946
Early in 1946, Abercrombie was towed to San Diego where she was placed out of commission on 15 June 1946. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Berthed with the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, the destroyer escort remained inactive there until sometime in the mid-1950's when she was moved to Bremerton, Washington. The United States Navy maintains a number of its Ships as part of a Reserve fleet, often called the "Mothball Fleet". Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. On 1 May 1967, her name was struck from the Navy list. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Naval Vessel Register ( NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy. In November, she was towed back to San Diego and, on 7 January 1968, the warship was sunk as a target by the guns, missiles, and aircraft of a task group built around USS Bon Homme Richard. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History Bon Homme Richard was a 27100-ton built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn New York.
Abercrombie earned four battle stars during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
References
- Stafford, Edward P. Little Ship, Big War: The Saga of DE343 Naval Institute Press, 2000 ISBN 1-55750-890-9. This book is notable for its intense first person view of the operations of this ship and for its lively and evocative prose style.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships ( DANFS for short is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every Ship ever used The entry can be found here.
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