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USS Pillsbury (ii) (DE 133)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 133 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Jul, 1942 
Launched10 Jan, 1943 
Commissioned7 Jun, 1943 
End service, 1947 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned in 1947.
Reclassified as DER-133 in August 1954.
Recommissioned 15 March 1955.
Decommissioned 20 June 1960.
Stricken 1 July 1965.
Sold in 1966 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Pillsbury (ii) include:

9 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-515 was sunk at 1510hrs on 9 April 1944 in the mid-Atlantic north of Madeira in position 34º35'N, 19º18'W, by rockets from 4 Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-58) of the US escort carrier USS Guadalcanal and depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Pope, USS Pillsbury, USS Chatelain and USS Flaherty. (see map)

4 Jun, 1944
The German submarine U-505 was captured at sea west of Africa by ships and Wildcat aircraft of the US Navy task force 22.3, escort carrier USS Guadalcanal and the destroyer escorts USS Pillsbury, USS Chatelain, USS Flaherty, USS Jenks and USS Pope.

24 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-546 was sunk north-west of the Azores, in position 43º53'N, 40º07'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Flaherty, USS Neunzer, USS Chatelain, USS Varian, USS Hubbard, USS Janssen, USS Pillsbury and USS Keith. (see map)


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