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USS Micka (DE 176)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - F - F - Z

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 - 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

Micka (DE 176) Building and Operational Data:

03 May 1943: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, N.J.

22 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Edward Micka, widow of Lieutenant Micka

23 September 1943: Commissioned, Lt. G. C. Spencer in command

14 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 8¾ months of service

01 August 1965: Struck from the NVR

15 May 1967: Sold for scrapping to the Peck Iron & Metal Co., Portsmouth, Va.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0617601	53k	Edward Micka was born in Cayuga, Sargent County, North Dakota on 10 October 1915 to Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Sophia Micka. Lt. Edward "Eddie" Micka grew up in Billings, Montana. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy 19 June 1934. Appointed midshipman from the Navy at large the following year in 1935, and was commissioned ensign 01 June 1939. He served in *Minneapolis* and *Clemson* prior to receiving his wings as a Navy pilot and was attached to Fighting Squadron 9, onboard *Ranger, in November 1942. On the 8th, he led three flights in support of the initial phase of Operation "Torch," the assault and occupation of Morocco. In the first two flights he led his sections against airdromes at Rabat-Sale and Port Lyautey, destroying at least 17 hostile planes on the ground. During his third flight he led his section in direct support of the ground forces by destroying several machinegun nests. Two days later he participated in the attack on the Mediouna airdrome, conducting strafing runs at low altitudes. Lieutenant Micka lost his life on the fifth run when his plane was hit by antiaircraft fire. He was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously "for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in action as a pilot" during Operation "Torch." He was also awarded the Purple Heart. USS Micka* (DE 176) (1943-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo from the U.S. Naval Academy Yearbook; The Lucky Bag, Class of 1939.)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
0617602	61k	November 1945: Pearl Harbor - Taken from USS *Hemminger* (DE 746).	Mrs. Jan Edwards via Robert Taylor
0617603	95k	undated wartime image	Jason Stevenson for his grandfather, George Stevenson

Micka History
View the USS Micka (DE 176) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 23 Sep. 1943 - 03 Apr. 1944	Lt. John Curtis Spencer, USN (Comm. CO) (USNA '39) (Richmond, Va.)
2.) 03 Apr. 1944 - 02 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Robert Thornton Reid, USNR (Salem, Ind.)
3.) 02 Dec. 1945 - 22 Feb. 1946	Lt. Charles John Harvi, USNR
4.) 22 Feb. 1946 - 26 Feb. 1946	Lt. John Jacob Paull, USNR (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
5.) 26 Feb. 1946 - 31 May 1946	Lt.(jg) Irving Ernest Liss, USNR
6.) 31 May 1946 - 14 Jun. 1946	muster sheet unsigned

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Billy Way
Address: PO Box 15526
City / State: Baton Rouge LA 70895-5526
Phone: (225) 926-7030
E-mail: W. Way

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