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USS Merrill (DE 392)

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

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 - 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

Merrill (DE 392) Building and Operational Data:

01 July 1943: Keel laid at the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.

29 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Dorothy E. Merrill, sister of Ens. H. D. Merrill

27 November 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr Irvin J. Stephens, USCG, in command

01 May 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. afer 2 years and 5 months of service

02 April 1971: Struck from the NVR

30 September 1974: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0639201	67k	Ens. Howard Deel Merrill, born 16 December 1917 at Provo, Utah, was appointed midshipman at the Naval Academy 25 June 1936. Commissioned ensign 06 June 1940, he reported for duty in USS *Arizona* on 02 July. He was declared dead as of 07 December 1941, as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. USS *Merrill* (DE 392) (1943-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor.	Richard L. Lemoine
0639202	43k	The ship's sponsor Miss Dorothy E. Merrill, Ens. Merrill's sister, and other family members at the ship's christening.
0639203	44k	Lcdr. Irvin J. Stephens USCG, *Merrill*'s first Commanding Officer.
0639204	43k	*Merrill* was crewed entirely by Coast Guardsmen. Richard's uncle, Lt. Cmdr. Sidney K. Broussard, USCG, survived the sinking of *Hamilton, and was a plank owner, the 1st Executive Officer, and Merrill*'s 2nd Commanding Officer.
0639205	43k	*Merrill*'s emblem
0639206	44k	pen and ink drawing of *Merrill*
0639207	71k	undated wartime image	Jerry Church
0639208	44k	undated wartime image	Richard L. Lemoine
0639209	89k	crewmembers standing on the fantail
0639210	56k	above, crewmembers having a beer, 1944 below, having a beer 40 years later, 1984
0633503	195k	September 1960: Green Cove Springs, Fla. - USS *Daniel* (DE 335) and USS *Merrill* mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet during the Cold War era.	John Chiquoine West Chester, Pa.

Merrill Memorabilia
Auction Offering Booklet 02 March 1973 Courtesy of Tim Rizzuto and Ed Zajkowski

Merrill History
View the USS Merrill (DE 392) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
01.) 27 Nov. 1943 - 24 Feb. 1945	Lcdr. Irvin Junior Stephens, USCG ('32) (ret. as Radm., USCG)
02.) 24 Feb. 1945 - 07 Jul. 1945	Lcdr. Sidney K. Broussard, USCG
03.) 07 Jul. 1945 -	P. G. Prins, USCG

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 Merrill

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