Fate: Sunk following attacks by naval aircraft from carrier USS Guadalcanal and depth charges and gunfire from destroyer escorts USS Pillsbury, USS Pope, and USS Chatelain southeast of the Azores . It was 50% thicker than the armored belts found on German and Japanese competitors. Pope was laid down 9 September 1919 and launched 23 March 1920 from William Cramp and Sons; sponsored by Mrs. William S. Benson; and commissioned 27 October 1920 at Philadelphia, Commander Richard S. Galloway in command. This order was carried out in an orderly manner. On 7 July 1967, the General John Pope departed U.S. Steerage could now be re-established by varying the speed of the two propeller shafts. USS John D. Ford and Pope sighted a Japanese transport vessel (this must have been the Sasaga Maru) and what they thought to be a Japanese cruiser but this must have been the destroyer Oshio. Wiley exercised administrative control only from the destroyer tender, USS Black Hawk (AD-9), and was not aboard USS Paul Jones during the first three months of . We then got the feeling that things would start getting a little tougher for us, and that we would probably be engaging the enemy in more and more sea battles in the future. Pius's relations with the Axis and the Allies may have been . USS Pope (DD-225) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy that served during World War II. The transport returned to Seattle 17 August following this long voyage, but she was underway again 11 days later via Ulithi, Cebu, and Leyte for Yokohama, returning to San Francisco 8 October with over 5,000 veterans. A line was then formed in the order, HrMs De Ruyter, HrMs Java, HrMs Piet Hein, USS John D. Ford and finally USS Pope. USS Chatelain closes in on the damaged U-505, June 4, 1944. Eventually she was found and disabled and brought to a halt by damage received from aircraft from the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo.She was finally sunk by gunfire around 1440 hours from the Ashigara and the Myoko. That, remember, was in the battle of Balikpapan, Borneo, in the straits of Makassar. J.N. He further angered Asiatic Fleet Commander ADM Thomas C. Hart when he judged Marblehead worthy to make her own way the day following the attack, and steamed ahead independently to Java. USS Pope (DD-225) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. General John Pope next stood out from the Golden Gate once more 2 June 1945, this time bound for Marseilles, where 5,242 troops were embarked and taken to Manila. Movements of the Allied ships during the night. $2400.00. Most of the records date between 1941 and 1946. On 1 September 1967, she departed Oakland Army Base with elements of the 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry, reaching Okinawa on 18 September 1967. USS Pope (DD-225) steaming at high speed with her guns manned during short-range battle practice off the coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 15 January 1924. After the proper recognition, we escorted them through the minefields. Also another enemy report was made. Japanese Rear-Admiral Kubo, on board the Nagara, had meanwhile ordered the Arashio and Michishio to return to Badoeng Strait (Nagara and her three escorting destroyers were too far off). Pope returned to Manila in late June on neutrality duty and remained on station there until 11 December 1941, when she got underway for Balikpapan, Dutch East Indies. With the odds being so heavily in their favor, we felt we were fighting a losing battle. I should mention at the time the word was passed to abandon ship, one of the men was overly anxious to get over the side and jumped into the water. The message received was to " Defend the Isle of Java to the Last. From 15 July to 20 September 1938, she cruised in Chinese waters off Chinwangtao and returned 5 June 1939 with the South China Patrol force removing American consulates and nationals. With each pass over the ship, they would strafe the ship with machine guns. Though my wound was of a superficial nature, several others received more serious wounds. The Oshio on her turn was seriously damaged by the Tromp. Originally built in New Orleans by Higgins Industries, she was a critical asset for the US Navy during World War II, serving in European waters from 1944 to the end of the war. Boon, RNN(R)), HrMs TM-11 (S.Lt. We had to get away from her fast to keep from being sucked under as she sunk. The vibration became so strong, coupled with the high rpm's the turbines were turning, that the ship felt like it was shaking to pieces. This arrangement had been authorized for the Admiral W. S. Benson (AP-120) class but not for the AP-110 class. The Americans thought they faced a very powerful enemy, even heavy cruisers were thought to be present. This second assault on Wake was successful. The ships are ordered to try to escape through the Sunda Strait to Tjilatjap. The Museum's PT-305, nicknamed USS Sudden Jerk, was acquired in a state of disrepair. By now it seemed that our only salvation lay in heading for the rain that loomed ahead. Schmitz, RNN), HrMs TM-15 (Lt. H.C. Jorissen, RNN). $12000.00. She passed through the Straits of Gibraltar 3 July and transited the Suez Canal 1525 July. This hope was however short lived as the enemy ships were soon seen to turn towards though they were still well hull down. His ship, the U.S.S. About ten minutes later the word came to abandon ship, an order we had hoped we would never hear on our ship. [4] This was to be the start of a long, almost 60 hour ordeal for the men in the water, as the survivors from Pope would not be rescued until almost midnight on 3 March by the Japanese destroyer Inazuma. The Allied destroyers were further behind the cruisers then intended and now arrived on the scene. She left the landing zone escorted by the destroyers Arashio and Michishio. Two days later, on 22 November 1966, the General John Pope departed Oakland Army Base with the second of two elements of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, elements of the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 9th Infantry Division, and the 58th Field Depot. On 9 January 1942 Pope was one of five destroyers in an escort composed of the cruisers USSBoise(CL-47) and USSMarblehead(CL-12), with the other destroyers USSStewart(DD-224), USSBulmer(DD-222), USSParrott(DD-218), and USSBarker(DD-213) departing from Darwin to Surabaya escorting the transport Bloemfontein. If you have a small window it would look really nice hung in it! HMS Exeter claims to have damaged one of them. Finally the third wave was made up of the Dutch Motor Torpedo Boats; HrMs TM-4 (Lt. J.E. If it had, of course, I would never have lived to tell about it. In fact, a voyage whose destination would never be reached. This effort seemed futile, we were taking water on faster that we could pump it out. During the day the Japanese transports were attacked from the air and the Sagami Maru was damaged. It had been intended to alter course to 290 degrees at 0400/1 but shortly before this three ships, two large and one smaller were sighted to the westward in the light of the setting moon. Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. After a brief stop in San Pedro California, she made passage through the Panama Canal on 15 June 2010, continuing on to ESCO Marine in Brownsville, Texas where she arrived at her final destination for dismantling. A.A.F. K. Kikkawa) Arashio (Cdr. Even with the fresh air that was supplied from the outside, they soon became almost unbearably hot, temperatures reached 100 to 115 degrees. .Japan remained an innovator in aircraft carrier design and construction during the years leading to World War II, operating nine of them by 1941. . Sighting the Asheville alone at dawn on 3 Mar 1942, the Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki, backed up by a heavy cruiser, close for the kill with a 20kt speed advantage and combined 12x 5 guns and 16x 24 torpedoes to Asheville's 3x 4 guns. Oil-rich Borneo had been invaded and the tatters of the American, British, Dutch and Australian fleets had been reorganized into a single ABDA command. Original map by Donald Hoegsburg. By bleeding the hydraulic lines and yoking the rudder gears with chains Goggins and the damage control parties were able to lock the rudder amidships. The Dutch cruisers were the Java, De Ruyter, and Piet Hien. Sidloso Published on Apr 17, 2023 Cuck John Paul II went to the Western Wall to ask for forgiveness for "antisemitism" Piet Hein was a little ahead of the US destroyers and opened fire with her 4.7 guns and also fired two torpedoes. (1). I would pray to the good lord silently to protect the crewmen from injury and the ship from destruction. This was done to prevent the enemy from boarding a slowly sinking ship and gathering information or charts about our fleet operations. This collection of records was created by the Office of Naval Records and Library from various Naval components in an . In a very few minutes, an aircraft was spotted; it was identified as an enemy. The other group was made up of the heavy cruisers Ashigara and Myoko and the destroyers Akebono and Inazuma. The 0.25" steel plates, and 0.5" grating that comprise the deck of the engine room, would raise about an inch or so, then drop back in place, most of the time. From 6 October to 19 November she made a troop-carrying voyage to Brisbane, Australia; and, after touching Townsville and Milne Bay, put in at San Francisco on the latter date. All of these were either heavy or light cruisers. Many was the time that I would look at the 3/8" steel plate that was the skin or bulkhead of the ship, and expect at any moment to see a shell penetrating it. Hit by two or . The following day, Ikazuchi rescued 442 survivors from Pope and Encounter. Two Japanese bombs had penetrated the main deck, one detonating 15 feet aft of the wardroom and the other wrecking the after steering house. At about 0750 hours the lookout in the crow's nest on board HMS Exeter reported sighting two ships nearly right ahead. The 0400 to 0800 watch had just been relieved and was about to partake of breakfast, when here on the morning of March 1, 1942, our journey was interrupted by enemy forces. On 1 November 1967, the General John Pope again departed Oakland Army Base with elements of the 61st Assault Helicopter Company, the 92nd Assault Helicopter Company, the 134th Assault Helicopter Company, the third packet of the 221st Signal Company (Pictorial) and the 45th Military Intelligence Detachment, arriving in Okinawa on 17 November 1967 for a 24-hour layover. We fully realized that we in a battle for the survival of not only the ship, but of our very lives as well. Newsletter Archive. Of the 1068 crew members on the USS Houston, 368 survived the sinking of the ship and the hours-long swim to the shore of Java. In the evening of 28 February 1942, Exeter and the two destroyers left Soerabaja and proceeded north. Although the Japanese cruisers were evaded by a course change within the squall, Pope was rediscovered by aircraft from Japanese aircraft carrierRyj after she emerged from the squall. Naval Base San Diego, transporting elements of the U.S. Army 244th Aviation Company (aerial surveillance), elements of D Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, and elements of the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines. My ship, the USS Pope, developed a bad leak in the hotwell (an evaporator to make fresh water, without which a ship cannot operate), and was unable to accompany the task force. Full-service research & records analysis. The prospect of our being spotted by enemy spotter planes was great as we were steaming in waters where the enemy was out in force. He would know. She received two battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation for her World War II service. Another shipmate by the name of Mathews and myself went with him to set off the charges. The Baker shot produced so much contamination that President Truman cancelled the third test. During the course of our patrol, we spotted two ships approaching and were manned and ready to fire on them, when we recognized them as allied ships. United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.Roscoe, Theodore. As the Dutch naval base at Surabaya was now under daily air attack it was deemed wise to sent the Tromp to Australia for repairs. After two surprise encounters against two rather large Japanese fleets that had left her unscathed and with no casualties to the crew, it seemed that the Pope must certainly be leading a charmed life. S. 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