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USS Dobler (DE 48)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - D - P - O

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/1 star - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Evarts
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 tons (light), 1,430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 - 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 - 1.1"/75 cal. Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 183

Dobler (DE 48) Building and Operational Data:

01 April 1942: Keel laid as BDE 48 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, intended for transfer to Great Britain but retained for use by the U.S. Navy

24 July 1942: Launched

17 May 1943: Commissioned at 1248 by Captain Mathiason, Captain of the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Lcdr. A. J. Smith in command

02 October 1945: Decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard after 2 years and 4½ months of service

24 October 1945: Struck from the NVR

12 July 1946: Sold for scrapping to the Luria Bros. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0604802	98k	undated wartime image	Jerry Church
0604804	247k	09 October 1943: Brooklyn, N. Y. - USS *Dobler* (DE 48) is berthed at Pier G of the New York Navy Yard, aft of USS Herndon (DD 638). *Dobler* was in the Yard from 04 to 15 October for routine upkeep and repairs while between convoys. (U.S. Navy photo #NA, DD638/19LCM from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	John Chiquoine West Chester, Pa. and Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
0604803	268k	09 September 1944: the Atlantic Ocean - Port bow aerial view of USS *Dobler* (DE 48) outside Boston wearing Measure 32/3d camouflage scheme. Photographed by an airship from squadron ZP-11. (U.S. Navy Photo #BuAer 28333 from the United States National Archives)	Photo: Pieter Bakels Wehl, The Netherlands Caption: David Wright Destroyer Archives Manager, Navsource
0625804	223k	Believed to be the *Dobler* (DE 48), taken from USS *Walter S.Brown* (DE 258)	John W. Keiter

Dobler History
View the USS Dobler (DE 48) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.

Dobler's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 17 May 1943 - 30 Jul. 1943	Lcdr. Andrew Jackson Smith, USN (Comm. CO) (USNA '31) (Scotia, N.Y.)
2.) 30 Jul. 1943 - 06 Dec. 1943	Lt. Robert Edward Parker, USNR
3.) 06 Dec. 1943 - 28 Aug. 1944	Lt. Edward F. Butler, USNR
4.) 28 Aug. 1944 - 20 Jul. 1945	Lt. Judson Clyde Murphy, USNR
5.) 20 Jul. 1945 - 14 Sep. 1945	Lt. Abbott L. Pattison, USNR (Chicago, Ill.)
6.) 14 Sep. 1945 - 02 Oct. 1945	Lt. Clarence W. Westergaard, USNR (Decomm. CO) (Kasota, Minn.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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