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Allied Warships

USS Emmons (DD 457)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 457 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Nov, 1940 
Launched23 Aug, 1941 
Commissioned5 Dec, 1941 
Lost6 Apr, 1945 
Loss position26.48N, 128.04E (See a map)
 
HistoryConverted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-22 on 15 November 1944.
Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft of the north coast of Okinawa in position 26º48'N, 128º04'E, 60 of her crew were lost.  

Noteable events involving Emmons include:

17 May, 1944
The German submarine U-616 was scuttled on 17 May, 1944 in the Mediterranean east of Cartagena, in position 36º46'N, 00º52'E, after fatal damages from depth charges from the US destroyers USS Nields, USS Gleaves, USS Ellyson, USS Macomb, USS Hambleton, USS Rodman, USS Emmons and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 36/K), after a 3 day-long hunt. (see map)


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