USS Newcomb
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Newcomb |
| Namesake | Frank H. Newcomb |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 19 March 1943 |
| Launched | 4 July 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 20 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped, October 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 336 |
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USS Newcomb (DD-586) was a
United States Revenue Cutter Service, Congressional Gold Medal recipient from the Spanish–American War
.
Newcomb was
launched on 4 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. C. C. Baughman. The ship was commissioned
on 10 November 1943.
History
Newcomb
banzai attack north of Garapan
on Saipan.
Operating in the Fire Support and Bombardment Group for the assault on the
underwater demolition teams providing bombardment control spotting. As flagship of Destroyer Squadron 56 (DesRon 56), Newcomb joined in the Leyte landings
12 October to 4 December, covering underwater demolition teams and firing preinvasion-bombardment, call-fire, night-harassing and illumination missions.
Her squadron made a night torpedo attack in the
return to the Philippines
, and effectively ended major Japanese naval threats for the remainder of the war.
Often under fire from Japanese aircraft, several of which she destroyed, Newcomb continued service in the
minesweeping
for three days prior to the landing. During the invasion the destroyer engaged shore batteries and fired accurate bombardments of in assistance to troops ashore. She again engaged a Japanese submarine on 25 February, with unknown results.
Departing Iwo Jima on 10 March, Newcomb put in at
Kerama Retto by Tekesta
.
Repairs to her hull were made by Vestal under frequent enemy air attack, and on 14 June she left under tow for Saipan, Pearl Harbor, and San Francisco, arriving 8 August.
Fate
The end of the war ended further repairs, and Newcomb decommissioned on 20 November 1945. Stricken from the
Mare Island Navy Yard
in October 1947.
Newcomb received 8
battle stars for World War II
service.
See also
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- USS Newcomb website at Destroyer History Foundation
- Navsource.Org: DD-586 Newcomb
- Forward Repair following Kamikaze strikes, April 1945
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