Allied Warships

USS Rall (DE 304)

Destroyer Escort of the Evarts class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Evarts
Pennant	DE 304
Built by	Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	24 May 1943
Launched	23 Sep 1943
Commissioned	8 Apr 1944
End service	11 Dec 1945
History	Decommissioned 11 December 1945. Stricken 3 January 1946. Sold 18 March 1947 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Rall (DE 304)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Crittenden Battelle Taylor, USNR	8 Apr 1944	25 Jun 1945
2	James B. O'Donnell, USNR	25 Jun 1945	11 Dec 1945

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Notable events involving Rall include:

6 Aug 1944
USS Searaven (T/Cdr. M.H. Dry, USN) and USS Growler (T/Cdr. T.B. Oakley, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Burden R. Hastings (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Fay, USNR) and USS Rall (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Taylor, USNR). (1)

9 Aug 1944
During 9 and 10 August 1944, USS Baya (Cdr. A.H. Holtz, USN), conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Canfield (Lt.Cdr. P.E. Cherry, USNR), USS Greiner (Lt.Cdr. L.H. Kiser, USN), USS Griswold (Lt.Cdr. M.C. Walley, USNR), USS Rall (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Taylor, USNR), USS Gar (Lt.Cdr. M. Ferrara, USN) and USS Grouper (Cdr. F.H. Wahlig, USN). These exercises included night exercises.

18 Aug 1944
USS Baya (Cdr. A.H. Holtz, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Lovering (Lt.Cdr. E.P. Bayley, USNR), USS Rall (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Taylor, USNR), USS Burden R. Hastings (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Fay, USNR), USS Hawkbill (Cdr. F.W. Scanland, Jr., USN) and USS Becuna (Cdr. H.D. Sturr, USN).

12 Apr 1945
(Lt Cdr Crittenden Battelle Taylor, USNR)Severely damaged by Kamikaze attack, 21 of the crew were killed and 38 wounded