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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Acree |
| Namesake | John White Acree |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company,Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 30 November 1942 |
| Launched | 9 May 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. John W. Acree |
| Commissioned | 19 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 19 July 1973, to Boston Metals Co.,Baltimore, Maryland |
| General characteristics[1] | |
| Class & type | Cannon-classdestroyer escort |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
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USSAcree (DE-167) was aCannon-classdestroyer escort in service theUnited States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1973.
TheAcree was named for John White Acree, aLTJG serving aboard theUSS Enterprise. Acree died while leading a damage-control party on 26 October 1942 during theBattle of the Santa Cruz Islands.[2] The ship was laid down on 30 November 1942 by theFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company,Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 9 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. John W. Acree, the widow of LTJG Acree; and commissioned at theNew York Navy Yard on 19 July 1943.[2]
After shakedown offBermuda and training out ofNorfolk, Virginia, the destroyer escort sailed for theSouth Pacific on 28 September, transited thePanama Canal on 5 October, stopped briefly at theGalapagos Islands three days later, and steamed on independently toBora Bora in theSociety Islands, where she arrived on the 18th. After refueling,Acree rendezvoused with SSMormactern on 25 October and escorted her toNouméa,New Caledonia.[2]
As a member of Escort Division 11,Acree carried out numerous convoy and anti-submarine patrol operations in the South Pacific during the next six months. Her stops includedEspiritu Santo in theNew Hebrides;Lautoka,Fiji Islands;Guadalcanal;Nouméa,New Caledonia; and theRussell Islands. This routine was broken on 28 April 1944 when the ship joined the anti-submarine screen of Task Group (TG) 50.17, which was formed to refuel Vice AdmiralMarc Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force, TF 58. She completed this assignment on 3 May, sailed back to Purvis Bay, and began antisubmarine patrol duty off that port.[2]
On 9 June,Acree became a member of TG 53.19 slated to take part in the invasion of theMarianas. She arrived off the southern end ofTinian Island on 7 July and provided illuminating and harassing fire on Tinian Town. The destroyer escort opened fire at 1905 and continued firing at 40-minute intervals throughout the night. She moved to Saipan Harbor the next day and later joined the anti-submarine screen offSaipan.[2]
For the next four months,Acree carried out escort and patrol duties in the central Pacific. On 13 November,Acree departedEniwetok bound for the United States. She stopped atPearl Harbor on the 21st and arrived at San Francisco on 3 December 1944 and, the following day entered the United Engineering Co., Ltd., shipyard atAlameda, California, for overhaul.[2]
The destroyer escort got underway for sea trials on 31 January 1945; sailed forHawaii on 4 February; and, following her arrival at Pearl Harbor on the 10th, participated in training exercises north of the Hawaiian Islands in company with the destroyer escortMcConnell (DE-163) andescort carrierSangamon.Acree returned toEniwetok on 24 March and spent the remainder of the war escorting convoys and acting as a barrier patrol off Pacific islands such asGuam, Eniwetok,Ulithi,Saipan, and Kwajalein.[2]
FollowingJapan's surrender, the ship got underway fromKwajalein on 15 September, bound for home. After a one-day stop at Pearl Harbor, she resumed her eastward voyage and reachedSan Diego, California, on 28 September. On 6 October, she sailed for the east coast and, after transiting the Panama Canal, arrived at New York on 20 October to begin a pre-inactivation availability. On 29 November, the destroyer escort arrived atGreen Cove Springs, Florida, where she was decommissioned on 1 April 1946.[2]
Acree was struck from theNaval Vessel Register on 1 July 1972 and sold on 19 July 1973 to the Boston Metals Co., of Baltimore, Maryland, for scrapping.[2]
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