USS Borum DE 790

USS Borum DE 790

USN National Archives, Property of DESA

Named for Lieutenant (jg) John Randolph Borum, b. 8 December 1907, Norfolk, VA; Armed Guard CO aboard BRILLIANT, torpedoed 11/18/42 by U-43; KIA 20 January 1943 when wrecked ship sank in storm; U-43 sunk 07/30/43 by aircraft from SANTEE (CVE-29)

Type: TE
Builder: COT
Keel laid 04/28/43
Launched 08/14/43
Commissioned 11/30/43
First CO: Lt Cdr J. K. Davis
Decommissioned 06/15/46; one battle star
Redesignated APD-82, but not converted
Stricken 08/01/65
Sold 1966, scrapped April 1967

Unit of CortDiv 19 and CortDiv 62
Took part in bombardment at Normandy
Fired on by German shore battery on Guernsey in Channel Islands

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