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USS Ebert (DE 768)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - Y - K

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 - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 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: 15 / 201

Ebert (DE 768) Building and Operational Data:

01 April 1943: Keel laid at the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Fla.

11 May 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Hilan Ebert, widow of Lieutenant Commander Ebert

12 July 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr F. Gibbs, USNR, in command

14 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 1 year and 11 months of service

November 1950: Towed to the Boston Naval Shipyard in preparation for foreign transfer

01 March 1951: Transferred to Greece under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, renamed HNS Ierax (D-31)

07 March 1951: Struck from the NVR

1991: Stricken from Greek service (Reported to be laid up in terminal reserve at Souda Bay Crete as of 1/98)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0676801	56k	Hilan "Ebe" Ebert was born 21 March 1903 in Alliance, Ohio. Graduating from the Naval Academy in 1926, he served in various billets afloat and ashore until assigned to USS *Northampton* (CL 26) 29 April 1942. Lieutenant Commander Ebert was killed 30 November 1942 when his ship was torpedoed in the Battle of Tassafaronga off Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his courage and disregard for his own safety beyond the call of duty until his ship was lost. He also received the Purple Heart; American Defense Service Medal; and World War II Victory Medal posthumously. USS *Ebert* (DE 768) (1944-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo from the U.S. Naval Academy Yearbook; The Lucky Bag, Class of 1926. )	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal.
0676802	132k	*Ebert* in drydock at her builders yard in Tampa, Florida. Her surface radar aerial is fitted low down, between mast and yard - an unusual configuration. [U.S. National Archives photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)", by Peter Elliott]	Edib Krlicbegovic Bosnia - Hercegovina
0676808	127k	1944: Tampa Shipbuilding, Tampa, Fla. - Stern shot of USS *Ebert* under construction.	Tim Rizzuto Ship's Superintendent DE Historical Museum USS Slater at Albany, N.Y.
0676803	58k	undated wartime image	Tony Vrailas
0676804	40k	undated wartime image	Russ Padden
0676801	359k	03 January 1945: the Atlantic Ocean - USS *Ebert, photographed from a blimp of Airship Patrol Squadron 11 (ZP-11), enroute from the Naval Ammunition Depot at Leonardo, N.J. to Casco Bay, Portland, Maine for routine refresher training. She had been undergoing routine repairs and overhaul at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York from 23 to 31 December 1944. (U.S. Navy photos #*80-G-301384 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
0676810	369k	undated wartime image (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-768 19-N-129804 from the National Archives and Records Administration, courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0676811	286k	18 April 1945: *Ebert* lying to in the East River near the New York Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-768 19-N-83501 from the National Archives and Records Administration, courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0676805	105k	Ex-USS *Ebert* (DE 768), HNS *Ierax* (Hawk) (D-31), date and location unknown	Tony Vrailas
0676813	405k	05 August 1958: Amsterdam, North Holland - HNS *Ierax* (Hawk) (D-31) (ex-USS *Ebert* (DE 768) is shown arriving at Amsterdam, North Holland. The photograph was taken by Wim van Rossem/Anefo. This is an image from the Nationaal Archief, the Dutch National Archives. (Photo provenance supplied by Bob Hurst)	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0676809	69k	circa 1960: *Ierax* (D-31, ex-USS Ebert DE 768) underway circa 1960. (Photo by Wright & Logan, Southsea, England; from "Jane's Fighting Ships, 1961-62")	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0676806	42k	*Ierax*, circa 1968	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0676807	80k	18 August 1979: Barcelona, Spain - The Greek DEs *Ierax* (D-31) (ex-*Ebert* DE 768) and *Panthir* (D-67) (ex-*Garfield Thomas* DE 193) on a port visit to the Spanish city.	Fabio Peña Aircraft Carrier Archives Manager, Navsource Barcelona, Spain
0558303	113k	HNS *Lonchi* (D-56), ex-USS *Hall* (DD 583), moored at Souda naval Base, 1995, waiting to be towed for scrapping. Next to her is HNS *Ierax* (D-31), ex-USS *Ebert* (DE-768)	Anthony Vrailas

Ebert History
View the USS Ebert (DE 768) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Ebert's Commanding Officers
Thanks to James Swank

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 12 Jun. 1944 - .. Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Frederic Gibbs, USNR (Comm. CO) (Glencoe, Oh.) (ret. As Radm.)
2.) .. Dec. 1945 - 17 Jun. 1946	Lcdr J. C. Doyle, USN (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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