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USS Hill (DE 141)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - G - D - G

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/1 star - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Edsall
Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1200 tons (light), 1590 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 20' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 8 / 201

Hill (DE 141) Building and Operational Data:

21 December 1942: Keel laid by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.

28 February 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Edward Hill, widow of Chief Boatswain Hill

16 August 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. G. R. Keating in command

07 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 10 months of service

01 October 1972: Struck from the NVR

13 December 1973: Sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Materials Co., New Orleans, La.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0614101	35k	Edwin Joseph Hill was born on 4 October 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Navy in 1912. He later became a warrant officer, and rose to the rank of Chief Boatswain. During the 07 December 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor he was serving on board USS *Nevada. In the midst of the attack, he led the ship's line handling detail in casting off from the quays alongside Ford Island so that Nevada* could get underway. He was killed by enemy bombs while attempting to drop anchor at the end of the battleship's brief sortie. For his heroism during the Pearl Harbor action, Chief Boatswain Hill was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The escort ship USS *Hill* (DE 141) (1943-1974) was the first ship named in his honor. (U.S. Navy photo #NH49196* from the Naval History and Heritage Command)*	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager
0614102	72k	undated wartime image	-
0614103	379k	22 March 1945: off Brooklyn, N.Y. - Two views of *Hill* taken by the New York Navy Yard. *Hill* was in the Brooklyn Navy Yard for an overhaul prior to her being assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-141 19-N-80588 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of Chris Wright) (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-141 19-N-80589 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0614104	476k		Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0614107	263k	22 March 1945: Starboard quarter view of the destroyer escort USS *Hill* (DE 141). (U.S. Navy photo #L45-102.03.03 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager
0614105	621k	30 March 1945: off Brooklyn, N.Y. - Two aerial views of *Hill* taken by aircraft from the New York Naval Air Station at Floyd Bennett Field. *Hill* was in the Brooklyn Navy Yard for an overhaul prior to her assignment to the Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-141 19-N-62971 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of Chris Wright) (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-141 19-N-62972 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0614106	467k		Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.

Hill History
View the USS Hill (DE 141) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 16 Aug. 1943 - 19 Mar. 1944	Lcdr. Gordon Ripley Keating, USNR Comm. CO
2.) 19 Mar. 1944 - 31 Dec. 1944	Lcdr. Paul Albert Bane, USNR
3.) Jan. 1945 - 20 Sep. 1945	Lt. Albert George Borden Jr., USNR
4.) 01 Oct. 1945 - 01 Jan. 1946	Lcdr. Louie Wilson Barnard, USNR
5.) 01 Jan. 1946 - 02 Apr. 1946	Lt. Donald Thomas Steward, USNR
6.) 02 Apr. 1946- 15 May 1946	Lt.(jg) Wallace R. Holter, USNR
7.) 15 May 1946 - 07 Jun. 1946	Lt.(jg) James William Ingram, USNR Decomm. CO

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

Note About Contacts

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been made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list
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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Hill

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