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USS Frament (DE 677 / APD 77)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - P - Y

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal

Specifications:
Class: Buckley
Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 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 / 198

Frament (DE 677) Building and Operational Data:

01 May 1943: Keel laid by the Bethlehem Steel (Fore River Yard) Shipyard, Inc., Quincy, Mass.

28 June 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Edward A. Frament, mother of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Frament

15 August 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. S. T. McAdam, Jr., in command

15 December 1944: Converted and reclassified APD 77

30 May 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 9½ months of service

01 January 1960: Struck from the NVR

July 1961: Transferred to Ecuador as a power generation hulk

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
55k	Paul Stanley Frament was born on 04 February 1919 at Cohoes, N.Y. He graduated from Keveny Memorial Academy before entering Albany College of Pharmacy and graduating in 1939. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 29 December 1941 soon after Pearl Harbor and in January 1942, reported for training as a pharmacist’s mate. He was posted to the First Marine Division being organized for the Solomon’s invasion. He landed in the first wave on 07 August 1942. Frament’s battalion was engaged in an offensive action 3 November 1942. During the fighting he rushed to a Marine and tended his wounds while ignoring the Japanese snipers shooting at him. Later in the battle, he ignored mortar fire to provide aid to other wounded men and in doing so was knocked unconscious by a close explosion. He was evacuated to the rear but the following morning secured his own release and returned to his unit. Frament was again under fire tending wounded on 10 November. Two days later he was wounded by naval gunfire and died of his wounds on 19 November 1942. Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Frament was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his fearless devotion to duty in tending Marines on Guadalcanal while under fire. USS *Frament* (DE 677) (1943-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Dennis B. Worthen, PhD, Lloyd Scholar; University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
130k	1943: Quincy, Mass. - Crewmembers waiting to report aboard *Frament*. (Debbie's Dad is on the far-right)	Debbie Raley Baltimore, Md.
224k	1943: Quincy, Mass. - USS *Frament* and USS *Harmon* (DE 678) sit side by side at the Fore River Shipyard shortly after commissioning.
72k	undated: at sea - USS *Frament* underway.
188k	undated: at sea - USS *Frament* underway, making smoke.
191k	undated: at sea - a closeup bow shot of *Frament* underway.
73k	undated wartime image (Photo courtesy of Dr. Dennis B. Worthen, PhD, Lloyd Scholar; University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource

Frament Memorabilia
Commissioning Pamphlet Courtesy of Debbie Raley

Frament History
View the USS Frament (DE 677 / APD 77) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 15 Aug. 1943 - 08 Oct. 1943	Lcdr. Sherry Thomas McAdam, Jr., USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 08 Oct. 1943 - 11 Jan. 1944	Lcdr. Donald Cairns Brown, USNR
3.) 11 Jan. 1944 - 01 Jun. 1944	Lcdr. Allrom Casper Drinkwater, USNR
4.) 01 Jun. 1944 - 08 Sep. 1945	Lcdr. Travers Rountree Harrington, USNR
5.) 08 Sep. 1945 - 10 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Legrand Louis Thurber, USNR
6.) 10 Dec. 1945 - 30 May 1946	Lt. John Davis Corwith, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Crew Contact: Debbie Raley
Address: 37 Bernadotte Court
City/State: Baltimore, MD 21234
Phone: 410-967-9330
E-mail: debraley63 at comcast.net

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Additional Resources

Navsource APD Pages, USS Frament (APD 77)
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 Frament

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