USS Rall
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United States | |
Name | USS Rall |
Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
Laid down | 24 May 1943 |
Launched | 23 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 8 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 11 December 1945 |
Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
Honors and awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 18 March 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length |
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Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) (max) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Range | 4,150 nmi (7,690 km) |
Complement | 15 officers and 183 enlisted |
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USS Rall (DE-304) was an
She was laid down on 24 May 1943; launched on 23 September by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California; sponsored by Mrs. R. R. Rall, widow of Lieutenant (junior grade) Rall; and commissioned on 8 April 1944.
World War II Pacific Theatre operations
Following shakedown and training exercises off the California coast in April and May, Rall departed San Francisco, California, on 9 June, escorting USS City of Dalhart (IX-156), and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 18 June. For the next three months, she supported the Pacific Submarine Training Command.
On 23 September 1944, the
In the early weeks of November, the destroyers served in an escort group protecting the
Rall sinks Japanese midget submarine
On 20 November a Japanese midget submarine torpedoed and sank oiler Mississinewa (AO-59) in Ulithi Lagoon. Laying depth charge patterns at the site of swirls in the calm water of the lagoon, Rall was credited with sinking the submarine when debris and bodies surfaced.
Support invasion operations
Following patrol duties in early December, Rall and Halloran (DE-305) escorted two escort carriers to the Admiralty Islands, then returned to Ulithi. On 14 December Rall with other ships sortied from that atoll and arrived in Hawaii in time for Christmas.
After invasion rehearsals at
Assigned as a screening ship for the transports carrying the Floating Reserve, the
Attacked by Japanese kamikaze aircraft
At 1925 on 12 April 1945, the ship went to
Recovering from a kamikaze strike
After initial repairs,
End-of-War activity
Following repairs and overhaul, the ship headed for
Post-War decommissioning
Arriving
Awards
Rall earned three
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Rall (DE-304) at NavSource Naval History