USS Bache (DD-470)
_underway_at_sea,_in_the_1960s.jpg) USS Bache at sea |
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| Overview | |
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| Type | destroyer |
| Shipyard | |
| Keel laying | November 19, 1941 |
| Launch | July 7, 1942 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| period of service |
November 14, 1942 to February 1968 |
| Whereabouts | Stranded and wrecked off Rhodes |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
2,100 ts |
| length |
114.7 meters |
| width |
12.2 meters |
| Draft |
5.4 meters |
| crew |
329 |
| drive |
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| speed |
35 kn |
| Range |
6,500 nautical miles (11,700 km) at 15 knots |
| Armament |
When commissioning:
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The USS Bache (DD-470) was a for Fletcher Class belonging destroyer of the US Navy , which at the Second World War in the Pacific region participated. After a temporary decommissioning, the destroyer belonged among other things to the 6th fleet of the US Navy, which operates in the Mediterranean . In February 1968, the USS Bache was anchored off Rhodes when the anchor chain broke in a storm and the ship ran aground. It was scrapped on site.
Namesake
Commander George Mifflin Bache (1840-1896) was an officer in the US Navy, the the Civil War served on the Union side.
technology
Hull and drive
The hull of the USS Bache was 114.7 m long and 12.2 m wide. The draft was 5.4 m, the displacement was 2,100 tons . The ship was powered by two General Electric steam turbines, and the steam was generated in four Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The power was 60,000 shaft horsepower, the top speed was 35 knots .
Armament and Electronics
The main armament of the USS Bache when it was commissioned was its five 5-inch / 127-mm Mark 30 single turrets. There were also various anti-aircraft guns . The anti-aircraft armament was further strengthened in the course of the war. In 1950 the ship was converted into a submarine destroyer and received increased anti-submarine armament, including a Mk.108 anti-submarine missile launcher in front of the bridge.
The USS Bache was equipped with radar . An SG and an SC radar were mounted on the mast above the bridge, with which aircraft could be located at distances between 15 and 30 nautical miles and ships between 10 and 22 nautical miles.
history
The USS Bache was laid down at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Staten Island , New York on November 19, 1941 , and launched on July 7, 1942. Godmother was the daughter of the namesake Louise Bache. On November 14, 1942, the destroyer was commissioned under the command of Commander JN Opie.
1943
After its commissioning, the USS Bache was used in escort service to Halifax and then docked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard , New York, for remaining work. On February 6, 1943, she left the Norfolk Naval Base , Virginia , and escorted the British aircraft carrier HMS Victorious to Pearl Harbor , where she entered on March 4, 1943. On May 10, the USS Bache set course for the Aleutian Islands , where it was used until December. After a brief overhaul in Pearl Harbor, she was assigned to the 7th US Fleet on December 23, 1943. On December 26th she took part in the bombardment of New Britain .
1944
Until October 29, 1944, the USS Bache belonged to the 7th US Fleet and took part in the landing on Los Negros , Admiralty Islands on February 29 and the bombardment of targets on Ndrillo and Karunia in early March. Between April 10 and September 15, it was used to bombard targets in New Guinea . Another operation against land targets was carried out on October 20 with the bombardment of Leyte . Together with the other units of Task Group (TG) 77.3 , the USS Bache took part in the battle of Surigao Strait . On October 29, the destroyer left Leyte and transferred to the United States for overhaul.
1945
After completion of the work she ran to Eniwetok , where she was placed under the 5th US fleet on February 20, 1945. Between February 28 and March 5, the USS Bache was deployed off Iwo Jima . It reached Okinawa on April 1, 1945 and served as a radar outpost. The destroyer was slightly damaged during a kamikaze attack when the plane crashed into the sea near the ship. On the same day, the crew of the USS Bache rescued the 74 crew members of the USS LSM (R) -195 . The destroyer was badly damaged in another kamikaze attack on May 13th. 41 crew members died and 32 were wounded when the aircraft hit the center superstructure and its bomb exploded approximately two meters above the deck. The attack cut off steam and electricity. After 20 minutes, the fires that had broken out could be brought under control. USS Bache was towed to base in the Kerama Islands and temporarily repaired. The destroyer reached the New York Navy Yard for repairs on July 13 and was then moved to Charleston , South Carolina for inactivation .
post war period
On February 4, 1946, the USS Bache was decommissioned and assigned to the reserve fleet. In 1950 it was converted to an anti-submarine destroyer and on January 2, 1951, it was reclassified as DDE-470 . The destroyer was put back into service on October 1, 1951 and was part of the Atlantic Fleet. The area of operation included the Caribbean and the Mediterranean . On June 30, 1962, the ship was re - classified as DD-470 .
On February 6, 1968, the USS Bache was anchored off Rhodes when the anchor chain broke in the storm and the ship ran aground. On March 1, 1968, the Bache was decommissioned and deleted from the fleet list. It was scrapped on site.
Awards
USS Bache received eight Battle Stars during World War II.
Web links
- navsource.org: USS Bache
- hazegray.org: USS Bache
- History of USS Bache (DD-470) in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)