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'''USS ''Pruitt'' (DD-347/DM-22/AG-101)''' was a [[United States Navy]] {{Sclass|Clemson|destroyer|0}} [[destroyer]] in commission from 1920 to 1945. She saw service during [[World War II]]. She was named for [[United States Marine Corps]] [[Corporal]] [[John H. Pruitt]], a [[World War I]] [[Medal of Honor]] recipient who was killed in action [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] on 4 October 1918<ref name=historyofwar>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_USS_Pruitt_DD347.html |title=USS Pruitt (DD-347/ DM-22) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=historyofwar.org |publisher=HistoryOfWar.org |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref> during the [[Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge]]. |
'''USS ''Pruitt'' (DD-347/DM-22/AG-101)''' was a [[United States Navy]] {{Sclass|Clemson|destroyer|0}} [[destroyer]] in commission from 1920 to 1945. She saw service during [[World War II]]. She was named for [[United States Marine Corps]] [[Corporal]] [[John H. Pruitt]], a [[World War I]] [[Medal of Honor]] recipient who was killed in action [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] on 4 October 1918<ref name=danfs>DANFS.</ref><ref name=historyofwar>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_USS_Pruitt_DD347.html |title=USS Pruitt (DD-347/ DM-22) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=historyofwar.org |publisher=HistoryOfWar.org |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref> during the [[Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge]]. |
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==Construction and commissioning== |
==Construction and commissioning== |
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''Pruitt'' was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 25 June 1919 by [[Bath Iron Works]] at [[Bath, Maine|Bath]], [[Maine]]. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 2 August 1920, [[Ship sponsor|sponsored]] by Mrs. Belle Pruitt, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 2 September 1920. |
''Pruitt'' was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 25 June 1919 by [[Bath Iron Works]] at [[Bath, Maine|Bath]], [[Maine]]. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 2 August 1920, [[Ship sponsor|sponsored]] by Mrs. Belle Pruitt, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 2 September 1920.<ref name=danfs/> |
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==Service history== |
==Service history== |
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''Pruitt'' initially operated as part of the [[United States Atlantic Fleet]]. At the start of April 1921 she transported [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] [[Edwin Denby (politician)|Edwin Denby]] to the [[United States]] after he completed a two-week visit to the Atlantic Fleet at [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]] at [[Guantánamo Bay]], [[Cuba]]. From early 1921 to early 1922 her [[commanding officer]] was [[Oscar C. Badger II]], who later rose to the rank of [[Admiral (United States)|admiral]].<ref name=historyofwar/> |
''Pruitt'' initially operated as part of the [[United States Atlantic Fleet]]. At the start of April 1921 she transported [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] [[Edwin Denby (politician)|Edwin Denby]] to the [[United States]] after he completed a two-week visit to the Atlantic Fleet at [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]] at [[Guantánamo Bay]], [[Cuba]]. From early 1921 to early 1922 her [[commanding officer]] was [[Oscar C. Badger II]], who later rose to the rank of [[Admiral (United States)|admiral]].<ref name=historyofwar/> |
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After completing these duties, ''Pruitt'' spent most of the 1920s operating in the [[United States Asiatic Fleet]] in the western [[Pacific Ocean]], protecting American interests in the [[East Asia]].<ref name=historyofwar/> Her pattern of operations was to spend winters in the [[Philippine Islands]] and summers along the coast of [[China]],<ref name=historyofwar/> |
After completing these duties, ''Pruitt'' spent most of the 1920s operating in the [[United States Asiatic Fleet]] in the western [[Pacific Ocean]], protecting American interests in the [[East Asia]].<ref name=danfs/><ref name=historyofwar/> Her pattern of operations was to spend winters in the [[Philippine Islands]] and summers along the coast of [[China]],<ref name=historyofwar/> including service on the [[Yangtze Patrol]] in October 1926, from March to June 1927, and in August 1927.<ref name=nhhccampaignmedals>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/n/navy-mc-awards-manual-rev1953/pt4-campaign-service-medals.html#sec2-12 |title=Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual [Rev. 1953] » Pt. 4 - Campaign and Service Medals |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1953 |website=history.navy.mil |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=20 December 2023 }}</ref> |
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In 1935 [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]] [[Richard O'Kane]], who later would be awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] as the most successful U.S. [[submarine]] officer of [[World War II]], reported for duty aboard ''Pruitt''. ''Pruitt'' was converted to a light [[minelayer]] and accordingly redesignated '''DM-22''' on 30 June 1937. O'Kane served aboard ''Pruitt'' until her minelayer conversion was complete.<ref name=historyofwar/><ref>O'Kane, Richard H. ''WAHOO The Patrols of America's Most Famous WWII Submarine'' (1987) Presidio Press {{ISBN|0-89141-301-4}} pp.1-3</ref> |
In 1935 [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]] [[Richard O'Kane]], who later would be awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] as the most successful U.S. [[submarine]] officer of [[World War II]], reported for duty aboard ''Pruitt''. ''Pruitt'' was converted to a light [[minelayer]] and accordingly redesignated '''DM-22''' on 30 June 1937. O'Kane served aboard ''Pruitt'' until her minelayer conversion was complete.<ref name=historyofwar/><ref>O'Kane, Richard H. ''WAHOO The Patrols of America's Most Famous WWII Submarine'' (1987) Presidio Press {{ISBN|0-89141-301-4}} pp.1-3</ref> |
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===World War II=== |
===World War II=== |
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A unit of Mine [[Division (naval)|Division]] 1, ''Pruitt'' was undergoing overhaul at the [[Pearl Harbor Navy Yard]] at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], on 7 December 1941, with future [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[George Stephen Morrison]] on board when the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] brought the United States into World War II. At 07:53, Japanese planes flew over the base at low altitude and within minutes some of ''Pruitt''{{'}}s crew had sprinted to other ships and fired their first bullets. Others manned fire hoses and helped distribute ammunition during the attack. At the end of January 1942, ''Pruitt'' completed overhaul and took up offshore patrol and minelaying duties with the [[Hawaiian Sea Frontier]] until June 1942. On 19 June 1942, she departed Hawaii for [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], from which she steamed to the [[Aleutian Islands]] for [[minelaying]] operations and escort assignments from a base at [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]], [[Alaska]]. Into the fall of 1942, she continued operations in the Aleutians, interrupted by regular runs back to the Hawaiian Islands. She then took up escort duties along the [[United States West Coast]]. |
A unit of Mine [[Division (naval)|Division]] 1, ''Pruitt'' was undergoing overhaul at the [[Pearl Harbor Navy Yard]] at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], on 7 December 1941, with future [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[George Stephen Morrison]] on board when the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] brought the United States into World War II. At 07:53, Japanese planes flew over the base at low altitude and within minutes some of ''Pruitt''{{'}}s crew had sprinted to other ships and fired their first bullets. Others manned fire hoses and helped distribute ammunition during the attack. At the end of January 1942, ''Pruitt'' completed overhaul and took up offshore patrol and minelaying duties with the [[Hawaiian Sea Frontier]] until June 1942. On 19 June 1942, she departed Hawaii for [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], from which she steamed to the [[Aleutian Islands]] for [[minelaying]] operations and escort assignments from a base at [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]], [[Alaska]]. Into the fall of 1942, she continued operations in the Aleutians, interrupted by regular runs back to the Hawaiian Islands. She then took up escort duties along the [[United States West Coast]].<ref name=danfs/> |
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[[File:AttuInvasionLandingcraft.gif|thumb|left|250px|''Pruitt'', ahead, leading [[landing craft]] toward [[Attu Island|Attu]] during the [[Battle of Attu]] in May 1943.]] |
[[File:AttuInvasionLandingcraft.gif|thumb|left|250px|''Pruitt'', ahead, leading [[landing craft]] toward [[Attu Island|Attu]] during the [[Battle of Attu]] in May 1943.]] |
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In 1943, ''Pruitt'' shifted south and trained with the 4th [[Marine Raiders|Marine Raider]] [[Battalion]] off [[Southern California]]. Further escort assignments followed, and on 24 April 1943 she departed [[San Francisco]], [[California]], to return to the Aleutians. Operating with [[Task Force]] 51, she steamed to [[Cold Bay]] on the [[Alaska Peninsula]], then to [[Attu Island|Attu]] in the western Aleutians. On 11 May 1943, she arrived off Attu, escorted landing craft into [[Massacre Bay (Alaska)|Massacre Bay]] on Attu's southeast coast, and then dispatched the boat waves as the [[Battle of Attu]] began with the [[United States Army]]′s [[7th Infantry Division (United States)|7th Infantry Division]] [[Amphibious warfare|landings]] on Attu. After the initial assault, she took up [[Antisubmarine warfare|antisubmarine]] and [[Antiair warfare|antiaircraft]] patrols. Later shifting to [[Holtz Bay]] on Attu's northeast coast, she continued to perform patrol duties and to escort smaller craft from [[Amchitka]] and [[Adak Island|Adak]] until the battle ended on 30 May 1943. |
In 1943, ''Pruitt'' shifted south and trained with the 4th [[Marine Raiders|Marine Raider]] [[Battalion]] off [[Southern California]]. Further escort assignments followed, and on 24 April 1943 she departed [[San Francisco]], [[California]], to return to the Aleutians. Operating with [[Task Force]] 51, she steamed to [[Cold Bay]] on the [[Alaska Peninsula]], then to [[Attu Island|Attu]] in the western Aleutians. On 11 May 1943, she arrived off Attu, escorted landing craft into [[Massacre Bay (Alaska)|Massacre Bay]] on Attu's southeast coast, and then dispatched the boat waves as the [[Battle of Attu]] began with the [[United States Army]]′s [[7th Infantry Division (United States)|7th Infantry Division]] [[Amphibious warfare|landings]] on Attu. After the initial assault, she took up [[Antisubmarine warfare|antisubmarine]] and [[Antiair warfare|antiaircraft]] patrols. Later shifting to [[Holtz Bay]] on Attu's northeast coast, she continued to perform patrol duties and to escort smaller craft from [[Amchitka]] and [[Adak Island|Adak]] until the battle ended on 30 May 1943.<ref name=danfs/> |
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On 6 June 1943, ''Pruitt'' returned to San Francisco and resumed coastal escort duties along the U.S. West Coast. Through the summer of 1943 she steamed along the coast of [[North America]] from Alaska to Southern California. |
On 6 June 1943, ''Pruitt'' returned to San Francisco and resumed coastal escort duties along the U.S. West Coast. Through the summer of 1943 she steamed along the coast of [[North America]] from Alaska to Southern California.<ref name=danfs/> |
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In September 1943, ''Pruitt'' got underway for the [[Solomon Islands (archipelago)|Solomon Islands]]. At the end of October 1943, she arrived in the Solomons at [[Purvis Bay]], [[Florida Island]], from which she steamed to [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]], where the [[Battle of Bougainville]] began on 1 November 1943. Taking on [[naval mine]]s at Acre, [[New Hebrides]], she planted mines along Bougainville's southern coast on 2, 8, and 24 November 1943 in support of operations on [[Cape Torokina]], where [[United States Marine Corps]] forces [[Landings at Cape Torokina|had landed]], then in December 1943 shifted to escort assignments between and among the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, [[New Caledonia]], and the [[Society Islands]]. |
In September 1943, ''Pruitt'' got underway for the [[Solomon Islands (archipelago)|Solomon Islands]]. At the end of October 1943, she arrived in the Solomons at [[Purvis Bay]], [[Florida Island]], from which she steamed to [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]], where the [[Battle of Bougainville]] began on 1 November 1943. Taking on [[naval mine]]s at Acre, [[New Hebrides]], she planted mines along Bougainville's southern coast on 2, 8, and 24 November 1943 in support of operations on [[Cape Torokina]], where [[United States Marine Corps]] forces [[Landings at Cape Torokina|had landed]], then in December 1943 shifted to escort assignments between and among the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, [[New Caledonia]], and the [[Society Islands]].<ref name=danfs/> |
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''Pruitt'' returned to San Francisco on 18 July 1944, underwent overhaul, and in October 1944 steamed to Pearl Harbor, where she began submarine training operations. Detached toward the end of November 1944, she patrolled off [[Midway Atoll]] in the [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]] from 29 November 1944 to 15 January 1945. On 22 January 1945 she resumed operations with the Training Command, Submarine Force, and for the remainder of World War II trained submarines southwest of [[Oahu]]. She was reclassified as a "[[miscellaneous auxiliary]]" and redesignated '''AG–101''' on 5 June 1945. |
''Pruitt'' returned to San Francisco on 18 July 1944, underwent overhaul, and in October 1944 steamed to Pearl Harbor, where she began submarine training operations. Detached toward the end of November 1944, she patrolled off [[Midway Atoll]] in the [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]] from 29 November 1944 to 15 January 1945. On 22 January 1945 she resumed operations with the Training Command, Submarine Force, and for the remainder of World War II trained submarines southwest of [[Oahu]]. She was reclassified as a "[[miscellaneous auxiliary]]" and redesignated '''AG–101''' on 5 June 1945.<ref name=danfs/> |
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World War II ended with the [[Surrender of Japan|cessation of hostilities]] with [[Japan]] on 15 August 1945 (14 August on the other side of the [[International Date Line]] in Hawaii). In September 1945, ''Pruitt'' was ordered inactivated, and on 21 September 1945 she steamed east, arriving at [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], in October 1945. |
World War II ended with the [[Surrender of Japan|cessation of hostilities]] with [[Japan]] on 15 August 1945 (14 August on the other side of the [[International Date Line]] in Hawaii). In September 1945, ''Pruitt'' was ordered inactivated, and on 21 September 1945 she steamed east, arriving at [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], in October 1945.<ref name=danfs/> |
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==Decommissioning and disposal== |
==Decommissioning and disposal== |
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''Pruitt'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 16 November 1945 and was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 5 December 1945. She was later scrapped at the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] at [[League Island]] in Philadelphia. |
''Pruitt'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 16 November 1945 and was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 5 December 1945. She was later scrapped at the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] at [[League Island]] in Philadelphia.<ref name=danfs/> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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* [[File:Yangtze Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[Yangtze Service Medal]]<ref name=nhhccampaignmedals/> |
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* [[File:Yangtze Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[Yangtze Service Medal]]<ref name=nhhccampaignmedals>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/n/navy-mc-awards-manual-rev1953/pt4-campaign-service-medals.html#sec2-12 |title=Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual [Rev. 1953] » Pt. 4 - Campaign and Service Medals |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1953 |website=history.navy.mil |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=20 December 2023 }}</ref> |
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* {{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with three [[Service star#Other stars|battle star]]s<ref name=nhhccampaignmedals/> |
* {{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with three [[Service star#Other stars|battle star]]s<ref name=nhhccampaignmedals/> |
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''Pruitt'' received the Yangtze Service Medal for operations on the Yangtze Patrol from 20 to 28 October 1926, from 2 March to 2 June 1927, from 27 to 28 June 1927, and from 12 to 15 August 1927.<ref name=nhhccampaignmedals/> |
''Pruitt'' received the Yangtze Service Medal for operations on the Yangtze Patrol from 20 to 28 October 1926, from 2 March to 2 June 1927, from 27 to 28 June 1927, and from 12 to 15 August 1927.<ref name=nhhccampaignmedals/> |
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''Pruitt'' earned three battle stars during World War II for her operations during the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, the [[Battle of Attu]] from 11 to 29 May 1943, and the [[ |
''Pruitt'' earned three battle stars during World War II<ref name=danfs/> for her operations during the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, the [[Battle of Attu]] from 11 to 29 May 1943, and the [[landings at Cape Torokina]] and subsequent defense of the landing zone from 7 to 8 November 1943 during the [[Battle of Bougainville]]<ref name=nhhccampaignmedals/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/BattleStars.html |title=Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, Department of the Navy, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), (16) Area Campaign Medals and Operation and Engagement Stars, World War II |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1953 |website=ibiblio.org |publisher=Hyperwar |access-date= 20 December 2023}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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.jpg) Launching of USS Pruitt on 2 August 1920,
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Pruitt (DD-347) |
| Namesake | John H. Pruitt (1896–1918), Medal of Honor recipient |
| Operator | United States Navy |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 18 June 1919 |
| Launched | 2 August 1920 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Belle Pruitt |
| Commissioned | 2 September 1920 |
| Reclassified |
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| Decommissioned | 16 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1946 |
| Notes | The last of the "four-stack" destroyers |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
| Installed power | 26,500 shp (19,800 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 195 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Pruitt (DD-347/DM-22/AG-101) was a United States Navy Clemson-class destroyer in commission from 1920 to 1945. She saw service during World War II. She was named for United States Marine Corps Corporal John H. Pruitt, a World War I Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action Western Front on 4 October 1918[1][2] during the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge.
Construction and commissioning
Pruitt was laid down on 25 June 1919 by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine. She was launched on 2 August 1920, sponsored by Mrs. Belle Pruitt, and commissioned on 2 September 1920.[1]
Service history
1920–1941
Pruitt initially operated as part of the United States Atlantic Fleet. At the start of April 1921 she transported United States Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby to the United States after he completed a two-week visit to the Atlantic Fleet at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. From early 1921 to early 1922 her commanding officer was Oscar C. Badger II, who later rose to the rank of admiral.[2]
After completing these duties, Pruitt spent most of the 1920s operating in the United States Asiatic Fleet in the western Pacific Ocean, protecting American interests in the East Asia.[1][2] Her pattern of operations was to spend winters in the Philippine Islands and summers along the coast of China,[2] including service on the Yangtze Patrol in October 1926, from March to June 1927, and in August 1927.[3]
In 1935 Lieutenant (junior grade) Richard O'Kane, who later would be awarded the Medal of Honor as the most successful U.S. submarine officer of World War II, reported for duty aboard Pruitt. Pruitt was converted to a light minelayer and accordingly redesignated DM-22 on 30 June 1937. O'Kane served aboard Pruitt until her minelayer conversion was complete.[2][4]
World War II
A unit of Mine Division 1, Pruitt was undergoing overhaul at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941, with future Rear Admiral George Stephen Morrison on board when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. At 07:53, Japanese planes flew over the base at low altitude and within minutes some of Pruitt's crew had sprinted to other ships and fired their first bullets. Others manned fire hoses and helped distribute ammunition during the attack. At the end of January 1942, Pruitt completed overhaul and took up offshore patrol and minelaying duties with the Hawaiian Sea Frontier until June 1942. On 19 June 1942, she departed Hawaii for Bremerton, Washington, from which she steamed to the Aleutian Islands for minelaying operations and escort assignments from a base at Kodiak, Alaska. Into the fall of 1942, she continued operations in the Aleutians, interrupted by regular runs back to the Hawaiian Islands. She then took up escort duties along the United States West Coast.[1]
In 1943, Pruitt shifted south and trained with the 4th Marine Raider Battalion off Southern California. Further escort assignments followed, and on 24 April 1943 she departed San Francisco, California, to return to the Aleutians. Operating with Task Force 51, she steamed to Cold Bay on the Alaska Peninsula, then to Attu in the western Aleutians. On 11 May 1943, she arrived off Attu, escorted landing craft into Massacre Bay on Attu's southeast coast, and then dispatched the boat waves as the Battle of Attu began with the United States Army′s 7th Infantry Division landings on Attu. After the initial assault, she took up antisubmarine and antiaircraft patrols. Later shifting to Holtz Bay on Attu's northeast coast, she continued to perform patrol duties and to escort smaller craft from Amchitka and Adak until the battle ended on 30 May 1943.[1]
On 6 June 1943, Pruitt returned to San Francisco and resumed coastal escort duties along the U.S. West Coast. Through the summer of 1943 she steamed along the coast of North America from Alaska to Southern California.[1]
In September 1943, Pruitt got underway for the Solomon Islands. At the end of October 1943, she arrived in the Solomons at Purvis Bay, Florida Island, from which she steamed to Bougainville, where the Battle of Bougainville began on 1 November 1943. Taking on naval mines at Acre, New Hebrides, she planted mines along Bougainville's southern coast on 2, 8, and 24 November 1943 in support of operations on Cape Torokina, where United States Marine Corps forces had landed, then in December 1943 shifted to escort assignments between and among the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and the Society Islands.[1]
Pruitt returned to San Francisco on 18 July 1944, underwent overhaul, and in October 1944 steamed to Pearl Harbor, where she began submarine training operations. Detached toward the end of November 1944, she patrolled off Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from 29 November 1944 to 15 January 1945. On 22 January 1945 she resumed operations with the Training Command, Submarine Force, and for the remainder of World War II trained submarines southwest of Oahu. She was reclassified as a "miscellaneous auxiliary" and redesignated AG–101 on 5 June 1945.[1]
World War II ended with the cessation of hostilities with Japan on 15 August 1945 (14 August on the other side of the International Date Line in Hawaii). In September 1945, Pruitt was ordered inactivated, and on 21 September 1945 she steamed east, arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October 1945.[1]
Decommissioning and disposal
Pruitt was decommissioned on 16 November 1945 and was struck from the Navy List on 5 December 1945. She was later scrapped at the Philadelphia Navy Yard at League Island in Philadelphia.[1]
Awards
Pruitt received the Yangtze Service Medal for operations on the Yangtze Patrol from 20 to 28 October 1926, from 2 March to 2 June 1927, from 27 to 28 June 1927, and from 12 to 15 August 1927.[3]
Pruitt earned three battle stars during World War II[1] for her operations during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the Battle of Attu from 11 to 29 May 1943, and the landings at Cape Torokina and subsequent defense of the landing zone from 7 to 8 November 1943 during the Battle of Bougainville[3][5]
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k DANFS.
- ^ a b c d e "USS Pruitt (DD-347/ DM-22)". historyofwar.org. HistoryOfWar.org. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual [Rev. 1953] » Pt. 4 - Campaign and Service Medals". history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. 1953. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ O'Kane, Richard H. WAHOO The Patrols of America's Most Famous WWII Submarine (1987) Presidio Press ISBN 0-89141-301-4 pp.1-3
- ^ "Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, Department of the Navy, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), (16) Area Campaign Medals and Operation and Engagement Stars, World War II". ibiblio.org. Hyperwar. 1953. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
