Allied Warships

USS Fleming (DE 32)

Destroyer Escort of the Evarts class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Evarts
Pennant	DE 32
Built by	Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	24 Dec 1942
Launched	16 Jun 1943
Commissioned	18 Sep 1943
End service	10 Nov 1945
History	Decommissioned 10 November 1945. Stricken 28 November 1945. Sold 29 January 1948 and broken up.

Commands listed for USS Fleming (DE 32)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Raymond John Toner, USNR	18 Sep 1943	24 Feb 1944
2	Lt. Kenneth Francis Burgess, Jr., USNR	24 Feb 1944	27 Jul 1945
3	Charles Walter Bartlett, USNR	27 Jul 1945	17 Sep 1945

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Notable events involving Fleming include:

12 Mar 1945
The escort carrier (in an aircraft ferry role) HMS Ranee (A/Capt. J.A.W. Tothill, DSC, RN) arrived at Guam from Eniwetok. Her escort, the destroyer escort USS Fleming (Lt.Cdr. K.F. Burgess, Jr., USNR) did not enter the harbour but proceeded to Ulithi where she arrived the following day.

At Guam HMS Ranee disembarked the 63 aircraft that had been onboard. This was completed on the 13th. (1)