Allied Warships

USS Ernest G. Small (DD 838)

Destroyer of the Gearing class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Gearing
Pennant	DD 838
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	14 Jun 1943
Laid down	30 Jan 1945
Launched	14 Jun 1945
Commissioned	21 Aug 1945
End service
History	Reclassified as DDR-838 on 18 July 1952. Reverted back to DD-838 on 1 January 1969. Decommissioned at an unknown date. Stricken 13 November 1970. Transferred to Taiwan 13 April 1971 being renamed Fu Yang. Sunk as a target off Ryukyu.

Commands listed for USS Ernest G. Small (DD 838)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Thomas Dana McGrath, USN	21 Aug 1945	Aug 1947

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Notable events involving Ernest G. Small include:

2 May 1941
At 2345 hours, while exercising in the Pentland Firth, HNoMS St. Albans (Capt. G. Hovdenak, RNorN) rammed and sunk the auxiliary minesweeping trawler HMT Alberic. The trawler sank quickly taking 13 of her crew with her. St. Ablans sustained damage to her bow. (1)