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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Namesake | Lewis Bailey Pride, Jr. |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation,Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 12 April 1943 |
| Launched | 3 July 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1 June 1954 |
| Stricken | 2 January 1971 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 30 January 1974 |
 United States | |
| Name | USCGCPride (WDE-423) |
| Commissioned | 20 July 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 1 June 1954 |
| Fate | Returned to USN, 1 June 1954 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Edsall-classdestroyer escort |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 306 feet (93.27 m) |
| Beam | 36.58 feet (11.15 m) |
| Draft | 10.42 full load feet (3.18 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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USSPride (DE-323) was anEdsall-classdestroyer escort built for theU.S. Navy duringWorld War II. She served in theAtlantic Ocean thePacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection againstsubmarine and air attack for Navy vessels andconvoys. She returned home at war's end with three battle stars and then entered into service for the U.S. Coast Guard before final decommissioning.
Lewis Bailey Pride, Jr. was born on 22 April 1919 inMiami,Florida. He appointed Midshipman from Kentucky 23 June 1937. He was commissioned an Ensign 7 February 1941, and reported on boardUSS Oklahoma on 13 March 1941. He was killed in theJapaneseAttack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.
She was laid down by theConsolidated Steel Co.,Orange, Texas, 12 April 1943; launched 3 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Lewis Bailey Pride, mother ofLewis Bailey Pride, Jr.; and commissioned 13 November 1943.
After shakedown offBermuda,Pride spent the next twelve months escorting sixconvoys into theMediterranean. On 20 April 1944 during the second voyageGerman planes attacked Convoy UGS–38 at dusk offAlgiers, and sank five ships, including a transport carrying 500 soldiers, and destroyerUSS Lansdale (DD-426).
On the return voyagePride together withUSS Joseph E. Campbell, theFrench frigate Sénégalais andHMS Blankney sank theGerman submarine U-371, taking 49 prisoners on 4 May 1944.
On 1 March 1945, she was assignedhunter killer work with three other ships of her division, the group sinkingU-866 offHalifax. She then joined a North Atlanticescort carrier group assigned to search out and destroy U-boats before they gained access to the shipping lanes. By the end ofEuropean hostilities, 5 of the 6 submarines known to be in the area were destroyed. The 6th surrendered shortly afterV-E Day.
She then escorted two transports toLiverpool, whence she steamed back across the Atlantic toPanama where she conductedsubmarine training exercises until late in 1945.
On 29 December she reported to theAtlantic Reserve Fleet atGreen Cove Springs, Florida. On 26 April 1946Pride decommissioned at Green Cove Springs. In 1961 she was moved toOrange, Texas. She was struck from theNavy List on 2 January 1971 and sold for scrapping 30 January 1974.
Pride earned three battle stars for World War II service.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
