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USS ABERCROMBIE DE-343
Named for Ensign William
Warner Abercrombie, b. 24 July 1914, Medford, OR;
served in Torpedo
Squadron 8, HORNET (CV-8); KIA 4 June 1942, Battle of Midway;
posthumous
awarded the NUC and Navy Cross
Type: WGT
Builder: COT
Keel laid 11/08/43
Launched 01/14/44
Commissioned 05/01/44
First CO: Lt Cdr Bernard H. Katschinski
Decommissioned 06/15/46; four battle stars
Stricken 05/01/67
Target, sunk off Baja California 01/07/68
Unit of CortDiv 69
Survived 16 kamikaze attacks; shot down two and assisted in downing
two others
From
the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster.
March 2006
Photo courtesy of
the USN War College
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