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USS Pope (DE 134)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - Q - C - D

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Presidential Unit Citation
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/3 stars - 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

Pope (DE 134) Building and Operational Data:

14 July 1942: Keel laid by the Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Tex.

12 January 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Rae W. Fabens

25 June 1943: Commissioned, Cmdr. Frederick Sherman Hall in command

27 October 1945: Celebrated Navy Day at Mobile, Ala. in company with Solomons (CVE 67), Power (DD 839), Pillsbury (DE 133), Flasher (SS 249), and Gabilan (SS 252)

17 May 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 10¾ months of service

02 January 1971: Struck from the NVR

22 August 1973: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0613404	96.4k	12 January 1943: Orange, Tex. - *Pope* (DE 134) ready to be side-launched at the Consolidated Steel Co. shipyard. (Source: National Archive Photo; Courtesy of Task Group 22.3 Association, Captain Jerry Mason, USN (ret.)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0613316	60k	05 March 1943: Orange, Tex. - *Pillsbury* (DE 133) and *Pope* (DE 134) fitting out at Consolidated Steel Co. (Source: National Archive Photo; Courtesy of Task Group 22.3 Association, Captain Jerry Mason, USN [ret.])	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0613402	81k	undated wartime image - *Pope* underway at speed.	-
0613405	370k	09 April 1944: Some of U-515's survivors, supported by a rubber life-raft, are towed toward a U.S. Navy ship for rescue. Two Destroyer Escorts are standing by in background, the nearer of which appears to be USS *Pope* (DE 134). Other DEs involved were USS *Chatelain* (DE 149), USS *Pillsbury* (DE 133), and USS *Flaherty* (DE 135). (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-228418 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0613403	320k	08 May 1944: A starboard beam view of *Pope* taken near the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn. (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-134-19-N-72394 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.

Pope History
View the USS Pope (DE 134) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 25 Jun. 1943 - 17 Oct. 1943	Cmdr. Frederick Sherman Hall (Comm. CO)
2.) 17 Oct. 1943 - 05 Oct. 1944	Lcdr.Edwin Harvey Headland, Jr., USN (USNA '35) (Fargo, N.D.)
3.) 05 Oct. 1944 - 15 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Rich James Montgomery, USNR
4.) 15 Dec. 1945 - 17 May 1946	Lt. Clyde A. Shaw, Jr., USNR (Decomm. CO) (Charlotte, N.C.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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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 Pope

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