USS Eberle (DD-430)
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| Overview | |
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| Type | destroyer |
| Shipyard | |
| Keel laying | April 12, 1940 |
| Launch | September 14, 1940 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| period of service |
December 4, 1940–3. June 1946 |
| Whereabouts | Delivered to Greece on January 22, 1951 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
1,630 ts |
| length |
106.15 meters |
| width |
11.00 meters |
| Draft |
3.61 meters |
| crew |
276 |
| drive |
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| speed |
37.4 knots |
| Range |
6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 12 knots |
| Armament |
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The USS Eberle (DD-430) was a destroyer in the US Navy and belonged to the Gleaves class . She took part in World War II . In 1951 she was transferred to Greece under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. She served as Niki in the Greek Navy until 1972 when she was scrapped.
Namesake
Rear Admiral Edward Walter Eberle (1864–1929) was an officer in the United States Navy. He was one of the first to deal with the use of radio for ship communication, as well as the use of smoke screens during a battle, the use of airplanes for reconnaissance and to turn off submarines. He also wrote a textbook on ship artillery.
technology
The hull of the Eberle was 106.15 m long and 11 m wide. The draft was 3.61 m, the displacement 1,630 tons . The ship was powered by two General Electric steam turbines, the steam was generated in four boilers. The power was 50,000 shaft horsepower, the top speed was 37.4 knots .
The main armament when commissioned were five 5-inch / 127-mm Mark 30 single turrets. In addition, there were various anti-aircraft guns , which were increasingly increased in the course of the war.
history
The Eberle was laid down at Bath Iron Works on April 12, 1939 and launched on September 14, 1940. Godmother was Miss Mildred Eberle, the granddaughter of Admiral Eberle. On December 4, 1940, the ship entered service under the command of Commander ER Gardner, Jr. After training trips in the Caribbean and along the east coast, the Eberle was busy with patrol trips near Bermuda until the end of August 1941. From the beginning of September 1941, the Eberle began escorting convoys to Newfoundland, Iceland and bases in the far north. It protected the supply line that was important to the UK before and after the USA entered World War II .
Escorted convoys
| convoy | Accompanying group | Data | Remarks |
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| HX 150 | 17th to 25th Sept 1941 | from Newfoundland to Iceland, before the US declaration of war | |
| ON 22 | 7-15 Oct. 1941 | from Iceland to Newfoundland, before the US declaration of war | |
| HX 157 | Oct 30 - Nov 8, 1941 | from Newfoundland to Iceland, before the US declaration of war | |
| ON 35 | 15.-27. Nov 1941 | from Iceland to Newfoundland, before the US declaration of war | |
| AT 18 | 6-17 Aug 1942 | Troop transport from New York City to Firth of Clyde |
On August 23, 1942, she reached Norfolk to serve two days later as a tanker escort from Galveston to Cristóbal and then to drive from Trinidad to Belém and back to Norfolk . She arrived there again on October 8, 1942.
The Eberle left Norfolk again on October 25, 1942 to provide support fire on November 8, 1942 when the troops landed at Mehdia in French Morocco . From November 27th back in Norfolk, she left this port on December 26th, 1942 to go on patrol in the South Atlantic. At that time, their base was Recife in Brazil .
On March 10, 1943, the Eberle intercepted the German blockade breaker Karin . When going on board, explosive charges exploded, killing half of the 14-member prize squad. The surviving 7 tried to save the Karin until further explosions and fire broke out, forcing them to abandon their efforts. You and 72 prisoners were then fished out of the water by the Eberle crew .
After an overhaul in Charleston, the Eberle returned to the convoid service and made five trips to North Africa between April 13, 1943 and January 31, 1944. After that, she was in Oran from February 22nd to conduct amphibious exercises before arriving in Naples on March 11th, 1944 . From Naples she went on patrol again and fired at targets on land until May. On April 20, she sank an Italian e-boat and damaged three others so badly that they ran aground. The Eberle then continued their patrols and convoy trips in the Mediterranean. From August 13, 1944, she was involved in the invasion of southern France. On August 21, they shelled the Île de Porquerolles until the white flag was hoisted. A landing party then arrested 58 prisoners of war whose boats had been destroyed by the Eberle shelling . The next day another 14 Germans surrendered.
The Eberle arrived in New York on November 6, 1944 . From there she escorted two convoys to Oran until April 1945. After overhauls in New York, she drove to the Pacific from June 8, 1945. She reached Pearl Harbor on July 20 to escort the Antietam , an Essex-class aircraft carrier .
She left Pearl Harbor on November 1, 1945 and drove to Petropavlovsk on the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula . She stayed there from December 1st to 5th and then drove back to Pearl Harbor, where she arrived on December 15, 1945.
Whereabouts
The Eberle left Pearl Harbor on January 6, 1946 and reached Charleston, South Carolina on February 8. There she was decommissioned and placed in the reserve. On August 12, 1946, she was assigned to the Naval Reserve Training Program in the 3rd Naval District. In September 1946 she was towed to New York and put back into service there on January 13, 1947. She then transported marine reserves to Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda. During this time, she was ordered into reserve fleet service on May 19, 1950 and returned to regular service on November 21.
On January 21, the Eberle reached Boston to be decommissioned the next day and transferred to Greece as part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program . She served as Niki in the Greek Navy until 1972 and was then scrapped.
Awards
The USS Eberle received three Battle Stars for service during World War II.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b HX convoys . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ↑ a b ON convoys . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ↑ AT convoys . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved June 20, 2011.