USS Stadtfeld
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Stadtfeld |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 26 November 1942 |
| Launched | 17 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 10 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
| Honors and awards | 4 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 22 July 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 35 ft (11 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 Stadtfeld (DE-29) was an
battle stars
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She was laid down for the
Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; and was launched on 17 May 1943. Her assignment to the Royal Navy was cancelled and the destroyer escort was redesignated DE-29 on 16 June 1943. She was commissioned in the United States Navy
on 26 August 1943.
Namesake
Sanford Stadtfeld was born on 18 June 1917 in
United States Naval Reserve on 10 July 1939. He was ordered to duty at the Naval Reserve Training Base, San Francisco, on 24 October 1940 and detached to USS Argus on 8 January 1941. On 17 September, he transferred to USS Crusader and the following month was detached for duty on USS Pensacola. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 June 1942 and killed in action during the Battle of Tassafaronga
on 30 November 1942.
World War II Pacific Theatre operations
After her
Ellice Islands, and to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands. After escorting fueling units for the Gilbert Islands
Operation, she departed Funafuti for Tarawa on 18 December 1943 and, five days later, was rerouted to Pearl Harbor.
Stadtfeld sortied, on 16 January 1944, as a screening unit of
Green Island
on 13 April. After a short tender availability period at Espiritu Santo, the destroyer escort resumed escort duty in the Solomons.
Stadtfeld was routed to
Mare Island, California
, for overhaul.
End-of-War Deactivation
Yard availability began on 20 July; but, after the termination of hostilities with Japan, all work was stopped on 16 August.
Stadtfeld was decommissioned at Mare Island on 15 November 1945 and was struck from the Navy List on 28 November. She was sold for scrap in July 1947.
Awards
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Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) |
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American Campaign Medal |
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with four service stars )
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World War II Victory Medal
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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 Statdfeld (DE-29) at NavSource Naval History
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