USS Shubrick (DD-639)

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USS Shubrick (DD-639)
History
United States
NameShubrick
NamesakeWilliam B. Shubrick
Builder
Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Laid down17 February 1942
Launched18 April 1942
Commissioned7 February 1943
Decommissioned16 November 1945
Stricken28 November 1945
FateSold for scrap, 28 September 1947
General characteristics
Class and typeGleaves-class destroyer
Displacement1,630 tons
Length348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion
  • 50,000 shp (37,000 kW)
  • 4 boilers;
  • 2 propellers
Speed37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament

USS Shubrick (DD-639), a

William B. Shubrick
.

Shubrick was

launched on 18 April 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Grosvenor Bemis, great-great-granddaughter of R.Adm. Shubrick; and commissioned
on 7 February 1943.

Service history

Operation Husky

After

transports offshore. On 11 and 12 July, she shot down two aircraft. After two trips to Bizerte and another period of shore bombardment, she escorted the cruiser Savannah to Palermo. There, during a night air raid on 4 August, Shubrick was hit amidships by a 500-pound (230 kg) bomb which caused flooding of two main machinery spaces and left the ship without power. Nine were killed and 20 wounded in the attack. The damaged destroyer was towed by Nauset into the inner harbor for emergency repairs and then to Malta
for drydocking. Using one screw, the ship returned to the United States, arriving in New York on 9 October for permanent repairs.

Operation Overlord

Normandy

After completion of repairs and refresher training in January 1944, Shubrick made two convoy runs to Europe and back before joining the Normandy bombardment group in Belfast. After escorting the battleship Nevada and five cruisers to the Normandy beaches Shubrick took her own fire support station and, at 05:50 on 6 June, opened fire on her preassigned targets. She continued her fire as the troops landed, then checked her fire at 06:30 to avoid hitting friendly forces.

A third battery of German 150 mm (6 in) field cannon, part of the Maisy battery complex between Omaha and Utah landing beaches was targeted and destroyed by Shubrick on 8 June 1944.[1] She remained off the Normandy beaches for over a month, performing escort duties, fire support missions and anti-

Mediterranean
.

Operation Dragoon

On 12 August, Shubrick sailed from Malta with four escort carriers and five other destroyers to provide air cover for the landings in southern France on 15 August. Aside from float lights dropped on the evening after the landings, the force encountered no enemy opposition and was disbanded on 30 August. On 6 September, Shubrick sailed from Oran for overhaul in the United States.

Transfer to Pacific

After overhaul, Shubrick made a convoy trip to

Okinawa
.

Okinawa, kamikaze strike

On 12 May, she and one other destroyer supported the landings at

Kerama Retto by ATR-9
. The ship lost 35 men killed and missing, and 25 wounded in the attack.

Post World War II and fate

Shubrick underwent emergency repairs until 15 July, when she began the trip back to the United States on one engine, arriving at

National Metal and Steel Corporation, Terminal Island
, Los Angeles, for scrapping, her hulk was removed on 28 September 1947.

Shubrick received four

battle stars for her World War II
service.

References

  1. ISBN 9781629143279
    .

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

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