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USS Abercrombie (DE 343)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - N - P

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Specifications:
Class: John C. Butler
Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1350 tons (light), 1745 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 cal. DP guns (2x1), 4 - 40mm AA (2x2), 10 - 20mm AA, 3 - 21" TT, 1 Mk10 Hedgehog, 8 Mk6 Depth Charge Projectors, 2 Mk9 Depth Charge Stern Racks
Complement: 14 / 201

Abercrombie (DE 343) Building and Operational Data:

08 November 1943: Keel laid by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.

14 January 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Abercrombie, mother of the late Ens. Abercrombie

01 May 1944: Commissioned at the Orange City Dock, Lcdr. Bernard H. Katschinski, USNR, in command

15 June 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 2 years and 1½ months of service

01 May 1967: Struck from the NVR

07 January 1968: Sunk as target off California sunk by the guns, missiles, and aircraft of a task group built around USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31).

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	43kb	Undated Wartime Image		Tim Rizzuto Ship's Superintendent DE Historical Museum USS Slater at Albany, N.Y.

Abercrombie History
View the USS Abercrombie (DE 343) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Abercrombie as submitted by the ship at war's end.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 01 May 1944 – 29 May 1945	Lcdr. Bernard H. Katschinski, USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 29 May 1945 - 14 Oct. 1945	Lt./Lcdr John R. Hicks, USNR
3.) 14 Oct. 1945 - .. .... 1946	Lcdr. Edward Matthews Higgins Jr., USN
4.) .. .... 1946 - 15 Jun. 1946	Lcdr. Augustus Knight Jr., USN (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Homer Dumont, president, Abercrombie Association
E-mail: nette@attbi.com

Note About Contacts

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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 Abercrombie

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