Allied Warships

USS Howard (DMS 7)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	DMS 7
Mod	High speed minesweeper
Built by	Union Iron Works (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	9 Dec 1918
Launched	26 Apr 1919
Commissioned	29 Jan 1920
End service	11 Oct 1945
History	Decommissioned on 27 May 1922 Recommissioned on 29 August 1940 Reclassified as high speed minesweeper DMS-7 on 19 November 1940 Reclassified as Auxiliary AG-106 on 5 June 1945 Decommissioned on 30 November 1945 Stricken on 19 December 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 14 June 1946

Commands listed for USS Howard (DMS 7)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Fondville Lee Tedder, USN	29 Aug 1940	18 Nov 1942
2	Charles Joseph Zonderak, USN	18 Nov 1942	4 Jan 1943
3	T/Cdr. Lawrence Blanchard Cook, USN	4 Jan 1943	13 Aug 1943 (1)
4	Lt.(jg) Onofrio Frederick Salvia, USN	13 Aug 1943	1 May 1945 (1)
5	Lt.Cdr. Fred William Diehl, USNR	1 May 1945	14 Aug 1945
6	Fred William Pump, Jr., USN	14 Aug 1945	30 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Howard include:

3 Jun 1945
USS Angler (Lt.Cdr. H. Bissell, Jr., USNR) and USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Burden R. Hastings (Lt. J.W. Stivers, USNR), USS Loeser (Lt.Cdr. J. Proctor, USNR). In the evening USS Allen (Lt. J.A. Rowe, USN) also joined for a few hours.

They remained out for exercises during the night of 3/4 June. In the morning of the 4th, USS Loeser was detached while USS Florikan (T/Lt. D. Hima, USN) and USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR) joined. In the afternoon USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR) also joined.

4 Jun 1945
USS Carp (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunnicutt, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR), USS Loeser (Lt.Cdr. J. Proctor, USNR) and USS Allen (Lt. J.A. Rowe, USN).

5 Jun 1945
USS Carp (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunnicutt, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR).

29 Jun 1945
USS Searaven (T/Lt.Cdr. T.M. Ustick, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR). (2)

1 Jul 1945
USS Seahorse (T/Cdr. H.H. Greer, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR).

They then both joined USS Perch (T/Lt.Cdr. C.D. McCall, USN), USS Macabi (T/Cdr. A.H. Dropp, USN), USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR) and USS Darby (Lt.Cdr. M.W. Martin, USNR) for night exercises.

8 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.E. Zimmerman, USNR), USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR), USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN), USS Plaice (Cdr. R.S. Andrews, USN), USS Torsk (Cdr. B.E. Lewellen, USN) and USS Sargo (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hingson, USN).

9 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR), USS Chew (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Mannion, USNR), USS Florikan (Lt. D. Hima, USN) and USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN).

10 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Howard (Lt.Cdr. F.W. Diehl, USNR), USS Chew (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Mannion, USNR), USS Florikan (Lt. D. Hima, USN) and USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN).