Allied Warships

USS Doneff (DE 49)

Destroyer Escort of the Evarts class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEvarts 
PennantDE 49 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Apr 1942 
Launched24 Jul 1942 
Commissioned10 Jun 1943 
End service22 Dec 1945 
History

Decommissioned 22 December 1945.
Stricken 21 January 1946.
Sold 9 January 1947 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Doneff (DE 49)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Louis Christopher Mabley, USNR10 Jun 194311 Dec 1943
2Lt.Cdr. Robert Percy Baruch, USNR11 Dec 194329 May 1944
3Lt.Cdr. Thomas Albert Graham, USNR29 May 19444 Oct 1945
4Stewart Bolling Hobbs, USNR4 Oct 194522 Dec 1945

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Notable events involving Doneff include:


1 May 1945
Around 0545K/1, USS Dragonet (T/Capt. J.H. Lewis, USN) and USS Spikefish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.R. Managhan, USN) made rendezvous with their escort to Guam, USS Doneff (Lt.Cdr. T.A. Graham, USNR). They arrived at Guam around 0930K/1, where both submarines were taken in hand for voyage repairs by the submarine tender USS Holland (Capt. C.Q. Wright, Jr., USNR).

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


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