USS Pringle (DD 477)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 477
Built by	Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.)
Ordered	28 Jun 1940
Laid down	31 Jul 1941
Launched	2 May 1942
Commissioned	15 Sep 1942
Lost	16 Apr 1945
Loss position	27° 26'N, 126° 59'E

History	Sunk by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft north-west of Okinawa in position 27º26'N, 126º59'E. 71 died and 245 were wounded which includes the Commanding Officer Lt Cdr John Lawrence Kelley,Jr. The 258 survivors were rescued by the USS Hobson/LCSL 34/LSMR 91. For more information on this ship try this website (offsite link)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Harold Oscar Larson, USN	15 Sep 1942	Sep 1943
2	T/Cdr. George DeMetropolis, USN	Sep 1943	29 May 1944
3	T/Lt.Cdr. John Lawrence Kelley, Jr., USN	29 May 1944	16 Apr 1945

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