USS Fechteler (i) (DE 157)

USS Fechteler on 1 July 1943 while being commissioned

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Buckley
Pennant	DE 157
Built by	Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered	10 Jan 1942
Laid down	7 Feb 1943
Launched	22 Apr 1943
Commissioned	1 Jul 1943
Lost	5 May 1944
Loss position	36° 07'N, 2° 40'W

History	At 04.41 hours on 5 May 1944, U-967 fired a Gnat at the escorts of convoy GUS-38 about 120 miles northwest of Oran, Algeria and hit USS Fechteler (DE 157) (Lt Calvert Burke Gill, USN) amidships in position 36º07'N, 02º40'W. The explosion lifted the ship out of the water and broke her in two. The most crew members abandoned ship before both parts sank. 29 crew members were lost. The commander and 186 survivors were rescued. Hit by U-boat Sunk on 5 May 1944 by U-967 (Brandi).
U-boat Attack	See our U-boat attack entry for the USS Fechteler (i)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Clayton Rogers Simmers, USN	1 Jul 1943	1 Nov 1943
2	Calvert Burke Gill, USN	1 Nov 1943	5 May 1944

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