file created: 12/07/02 00:21:21 , last update: 07/25/02
[BACK TO SHIPS INDEX]

DE-26 Dempsey
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts -
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1943/02/19 1943/07/24 1947/04/18
scrap
Namesake: Ltjg Richard John Dempsey, *1919/02/08 KIA 42/08/09 onboard Vincennes
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/09/23 43/10/17     round trip San Francisco <> P.H.   66 
43/10/17 43/10/25     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   81 
43/10/27 43/11/06     escort Tangier from P.H. to Esp. Santo   66  81 
43/11/08 43/11/13     Viti Levu, Fiji   66 
43/11/13       rescued 45 survivors from s/s San Juan   66 
43/11/14       Suva, Fiji - disembark Cape San Juan survivors   81 
43/11/16 43/11/27 Galvan 16.10.1 screen fueling units   66  81 
43/11/27 43/12/02   16.10.1 sail from Gilberts to P.H.   81 
43/12/02 44/01/25     P.H. - repairs, training   66 
44/01/03       damage(crash with Wintle) praciticing refueling   66 
44/01/25 44/02/03 Flint 51.2 escort AK's and AP's convoy from P.H. to Majuro   66 
44/02/03 44/02/11     escort White Plains from Majuro to Kwajalein   66 
44/02/11 44/02/15     Kwajalein   81 
44/02/15 44/02/24     sail from Roi to P.H.   81 
44/02/25 44/03/08     sail from P.H. to Noumea (44/03/02 refuel in Samoa)   66  81 
44/03/08 44/03/14     Noumea   81 
44/03/14 44/09/22     Solomons - local escort and patrol duty   66 
44/03/14 44/03/17     sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal   81 
44/03/18       Purvis Bay, Tulagi   81 
44/03/26       Treasury Islands   81 
44/04/03? 44/04/04     escort 4th Echelon to Emirau   81 
44/04/06       rescued B-25 crew   81 
44/04/07       rescued TBF crew   81 
44/04/14       arrived Emirau   81 
44/05/08 44/06/06     Esp. Santo   81 
44/06/06 44/06/08     sail from Esp. Santo to Russell Island   81 
44/06/18       arrived Bougainville   81 
44/06/21       arrived Green Island   81 
44/07/05       arrived Emirau   81 
44/07/24       Port Purvis, Tulagi   81 
44/08/24 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09/22 44/09/27   CortDiv26 sail from Tulagi to Manus   66  81 
44/09/27 44/10/02     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/02 44/10/07     escort transports from Manus to Ulithi (10/06) Palaus   66  81 
44/10/07 44/11/15   32 Palaus - patrol and harbor entrance vessel   66  81 
44/10/11 44/10/23   32 Kossol Passage - harbor contrl ship   81 
44/10/28       Palaus - sinking/share (LCT-406) patrol craft loaded with torpedo   66  85 
44/11/09       rescued USMC pilot   81 
44/11/14 44/11/17     sail from Palau to Ulithi   81 
44/11/20 45/02/09   94 convoy duty from Guam to Eniwetok, Ulithi, Leyte   66 
44/12/12       arrived Eniwetok   81 
44/12/19 44/12/28     Guam   81 
44/12/30     94 rescue work for YMS-267 S of Guam   81 
45/01/11 45/01/14     Leyte   81 
45/01/14 45/01/17     sail from Leyte to Ulithi   81 
45/01/24       arrived Guam   81 
45/02/09 45/07/05   96 convoy and air-sea rescue duty from Eniwetok to Ulithi, Kwajalein   66 
45/04/22     96 tow SC-1273 to Eniwetok   81 
45/07/05 45/07/11     sail from Eniwetok to P.H.   66  81 
45/07/12 45/07/18     sail from P.H. to San Francisco   81 
45/07/18 45/11     MINY - overhaul   66  81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-26, 43/06/14 > DE-26, named Dempsey
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
Notice: