Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer Escort |
Class | Evarts |
Pennant | DE 32 |
Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 24 Dec 1942 |
Launched | 16 Jun 1943 |
Commissioned | 18 Sep 1943 |
End service | 10 Nov 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 10 November 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Fleming (DE 32)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Raymond John Toner, USNR | 18 Sep 1943 | 24 Feb 1944 |
2 | Lt. Kenneth Francis Burgess, Jr., USNR | 24 Feb 1944 | 27 Jul 1945 |
3 | Charles Walter Bartlett, USNR | 27 Jul 1945 | 17 Sep 1945 |
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Notable events involving Fleming include:
12 Mar 1945
The escort carrier (in an aircraft ferry role) HMS Ranee (A/Capt. J.A.W. Tothill, DSC, RN) arrived at Guam from Eniwetok. Her escort, the destroyer escort USS
Fleming (Lt.Cdr. K.F. Burgess, Jr., USNR) did not enter the harbour but proceeded to Ulithi where she arrived the following day.
At Guam HMS Ranee disembarked the 63 aircraft that had been onboard. This was completed on the 13th. (1)
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Sources
- ADM 53/122096 + War diary of USS Fleming for March 1945
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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