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USS Greenwood (DE 679)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - V - H
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Pomona"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star

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

Greenwood (DE 679) Building and Operational Data:

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

21 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Laura Greenwood, mother of Lt.(jg) Frank Greenwood

25 September 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. A. W. Slayton in command

10 April 1946: Arrived at her new homeport, New London, Conn.

02 May 1949: Homeport assignment changed, reported to U.S. Naval Station, Key West, Fla. for duty as school ship for the Fleet Sonar School

.. December 1957: Assigned to NRT, 6th Naval District, at Charleston, S.C.

02 September 1958: Decommissioned, placed "in service" as a unit of the Select Reserve ASW Force

02 October 1961: Recommissioned for the Berlin Crisis,

01 August 1962: Decommissioned and placed back "in service," assigned to NRT, 6th Naval District, at St. Petersburg, Fla.

01 February 1967: Placed "out of service, in reserve" at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard after 23 years and 5 months of service, struck from the NVR

20 February 1967: Struck from the NVR

06 September 1967: Sold for scrapping to the Lipsett Co., Inc. of New York City, N.Y., broken up at Kearny, N.J.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0667901	45k	Frank Greenwood was born to Harry and Laura Greenwood in Methuen, Mass. on 10 January 1915. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve as an Apprentice Seaman at Boston, Mass. on 17 July 1940. He received his initial training aboard USS *Arkansas* (BB 33). Upon completion of training his enlistment terminated under honorable conditions. He was appointed Midshipman, received training at the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois and commissioned as an Ensign on 12 December 1940. He was assigned to the Fifth Naval District awaiting transportation to his new assignment aboard the USS *Erie* (PG 50). While on active duty as the Gunnery Officer aboard *Erie* he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. Lt.(jg) Greenwood was killed in action with the enemy U-boat *U-163* on 12 November 1942 when his ship, *Erie* was torpedoed while on convoy duty in the Caribbean theater of operation. USS *Greenwood* (DE 679) (1943-1967) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo Courtesy of the USS Greenwood DE 679 historian John Lorence)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
0667902	27k	undated wartime image	John Lorence In Memory of Harry Welsh Y3c, USN
0667907	103k	1944: location unknown - She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 6D. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #19-N-95181 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager
0667903	78k	1947: underway off Key West, Fla.	John Lorence and Ken Knudsen (S1c, USN)
0622004	106k	1948: *Greenwood* and USS *Francis M. Robinson* (DE 220) moored at Key West, Fla. (Notice difference in hull number style, *Robinson* remains with WWII style numbers, while *Greenwood* has been repainted to modern numbers.)	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0667904	38k	undated postwar image	-
0667905	31k	undated postwar image	John Lorence and Frank Coleman (EM1, USN)
0667908	383k	12 August 1952: Key West, Fla. - USS *Greenwood* (DE 679) off the Key West Naval Station. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-445769 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
0667909	671k	circa late 1950's: Key West, Fla. - An undated photo of a change of command ceremony being held on the pier head at Trumbo Annex, U.S. Naval Station, Key West, Fla. On the left are *Huse* (DE 145) with *Snowden* (DE 246) behind her. On the right are *Howard D. Crow* (DE 252) with *Greenwood* (DE 679) tied up behind her. (Photo #MM00039629x from the Wright Langley Collection, courtesy of the Florida Keys Public Libraries)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0667906	94k	January 1967: Newport, R.I. (Photo © Richard Leonhardt)	Richard Leonhardt Bethlehem, Pa.

Greenwood History
View the USS Greenwood (DE 679) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Greenwood's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 25 Sep. 1943 - .. Mar. 1944	Lcdr. Alvin Weems Slayden, USN (Comm. CO) (USNA ‘32) (Waverly, Tenn.)
2.) .. Mar. 1944 - .. Jun. 1945	Lcdr. David George Bryce, USN (USNA ‘39) (Toledo, Oh.)
3.) 12 May 1945 - .. Jun. 1945	Lt. / Lcdr. Robert W. Steel, USNR
4.) .. Jun. 1945 - .. Dec. 1945	Lcdr. John Robert Cain Jr., USNR
5.) .. Dec. 1945 - .. Mar. 1946	Lcdr. James Thomas Alexander Jr., USN (USNA ‘42) (Washington, D.C.)
6.) .. Mar. 1946 - .. .... ....	Lcdr. Stephen Charles O’Rourke, USN (USNA ‘39) (The Bronx, New York City, N.Y.)
7.) ~1948	Lcdr. Clarence Raymond Deller Jr., USN (USNA ‘41) (Harrisburg, Pa.)
8.) ~1949	Lcdr. Edward George Miller, USN (USNA ‘41) (Lehighton, Pa.)
9.) .. Nov. 1951 - .. Jul. 1953	Lcdr. Eric Ischinger, USN (USNA ‘43) (East Rochester, N.Y.)
10.) .. Jul. 1953 - .. Oct. 1954	Cmdr. Kendall Washburn Simmons, USN (USNA ‘42) (Woonsocket, R.I.)
11.) .. Oct. 1954 – 24 Aug. 1956	Lcdr. Robert Good Smith, USN
12.) 24 Aug. 1956 – 01 Oct. 1958	Lcdr. Robert Harry Cook, USN (USNA ‘44) (Vallejo, Cal.)
13.) 01 Oct. 1958 – 27 Jun. 1960	Lt. James Charles Rowland, USN (OinC)
14.) 27 Jun. 1960 – 12 Jul. 1961	Lt. Harry Walter Kinsley Jr., USN (OinC) (Norwalk, Conn.)
15.) 12 Jul. 1961 – 01 Oct. 1961	Lt. Alton Ray Edwards, USN (OinC)
16.) 01 Oct. 1961 – 01 Aug. 1962	Lcdr. / Cmdr. James T. Lang, USNR
17.) 01 Aug. 1962 – 10 Mar. 1965	Lt. Richard Lee Schreadley, USN (OinC)
18.) 10 Mar. 1965 – 07 Oct. 1966	Lt. / Lcdr. Francis Marion Coen, USN (OinC)
19.) 07 Oct. 1966 – 01 Feb. 1967	Lt. Ronald Ross Meardy, USN (OinC)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: John Lorence.
E-mail: de679@yahoo.com

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