USS Charles J. Kimmel DE 584

USS CHARLES J. KIMMEL DE 584

Named for Marine 2nd Lieutenant Charles Jack Kimmel, b. 2 July 1918,
Rushsylvania, OH; KIA 2 November 1942 in bayonet charge,
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; posthumous Navy Cross

Type: TEV
Builder: BHM
Keel laid 12/01/43
Launched 01/15/44
Commissioned 04/20/44
First CO: Lt Cdr Frederick G. Storey, Jr. (2)
Decommissioned 01/15/47; four battle stars
Stricken 06/30/68
Target, sunk off Baja California 11/13/69
Unit of CortDiv 71
Assisted Filipinos by bombarding Piso Point, Luzon, to dislodge about 600 Japanese

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006