Allied Warships

USS Scott (DE 214)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Buckley
Pennant	DE 214
Built by	Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered	8 Jun 1942
Laid down	1 Jan 1943
Launched	3 Apr 1943
Commissioned	20 Jul 1943
End service	3 Mar 1947
History	Decommissioned 3 March 1947. Stricken 1 July 1965. Sold 20 January 1967 and broken up.

Commands listed for USS Scott (DE 214)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Claude Siceluff Kirkpatrick, USNR	20 Jul 1943	Nov 1943
2	Harrison Hancock Holton, USN	Nov 1943	9 Oct 1944
3	Walter Edwin Paris, USNR	9 Oct 1944	14 Dec 1944
4	Hugo Wilson Osterhaus, Jr., USNR	14 Dec 1944

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Notable events involving Scott include:

16 Nov 1943
HMS H 32 (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Folkestone (Cdr.(Retd.) J.G.C. Gibson, OBE, RN), USS Scott, USS Weber and USS Burke. (1)

17 Nov 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Scott, USS Weber, USS Burke and aircraft. (2)

26 Dec 1944
USS Lionfish (T/Lt.Cdr. E.D. Spruance, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound with USS Scott (Lt.Cdr. Cdr. H.W. Osterhaus, Jr., USNR).

29 Dec 1944
USS Lionfish (T/Lt.Cdr. E.D. Spruance, USN) and USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Enright (Lt.Cdr. A.B. Bradley, Jr., USNR), USS Scott (Lt.Cdr. Cdr. H.W. Osterhaus, Jr., USNR) and USS Schmitt (Lt. T.A. Melusky, USNR).

30 Dec 1944
USS Lionfish (T/Lt.Cdr. E.D. Spruance, USN) and USS Bullhead (Cdr. W.T. Griffith, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island sound together with USS Enright (Lt.Cdr. A.B. Bradley, Jr., USNR), USS Scott (Lt.Cdr. Cdr. H.W. Osterhaus, Jr., USNR) and USS Schmitt (Lt. T.A. Melusky, USNR).

13 Jan 1945
USS Bumper (Cdr. J.W. Williams, Jr., USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Scott (Lt.Cdr. Cdr. H.W. Osterhaus, Jr., USNR) and USS Schmitt (Lt. T.A. Melusky, USNR).