The USS Eldridge. 8k. 000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy. No registered users viewing this page. (Engraving by James B. Theriault, USNR) had come over to escort her to that place. R. USS Eldridge (DE-173), a Cannon-class destroyer escort, was a ship of the US Navy used during World War II. , who died during an invasion of the Solomon Islands in August 1942. The DDG (X) will be the backbone of the service's future fleet. This cannon class destroyer was equipped with three 3”/50 cal. USS Pillsbury (DE-133) was an Edsall -class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. Summarize this article for a 10 years old. Roberts. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49. Junior Member. Jackson, USNR) and USS Barr (Lt. S. C. " I took it to Cubby Broccoli. USS Eldridge (DE-173) was launched 25 July 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Destroyer escorts mounted the latest and most up-to-date anti-submarine weapons and detection gear available during World War II, including depth charges, hedgehogs, air. She was escorted by USS Falgout and USS Lowe. Doyle, followed by six ships, arrived, rescuing the remaining men. The USS Eldridge is the boat claimed to have been used in the Philadelphia Experiment, where it was said to become invisible, teleport, time travel, and devastate the crew in horrific ways. Technical information. H. She had been escorted to the rendezvous by the destroyer escorts USS Amick (with, COMCORTDIV 15, T/Cdr. The Philadelphia Experiment is a 1984 American science fiction film. Elmore include: 29 May 1944 German U-boat U-549 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic south-west of Madeira in position 31°13'N, 23°03'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Eugene E. Slater, killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942, the Slater saw service in both the Atlantic and Pacific. D. Cdr. The destroyer escort USS John C. J. To escort her the destroyer escorts USS Darby (Cdr. Two destroyer escorts had joined to escort her to that place, these were the USS Osmus (Cdr. Banks, USNR). 8 feet. Overall length reached 438 feet with a beam of 46. Office A! This figure recreates her default image from the game, allowing you to enjoy. 7 ft) Displacement. As announced on Twitter June 24 by retired naval officer and underwater explorer Victor Vescovo, he and a team from the undersea technology company Caladan Oceanic located the destroyer. Introduction to DE Classified. V. Navy experiments in time travel. B. English: The U. S. At least two ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Leon ( Greek: Λέων, "lion"): Greek destroyer Leon (1912) an Aetos -class destroyer acquired in 1912 and sunk in 1941. 1/350 Scale. Action Report USS LCS(L) (3) 57, Battle of Okinawa at RP Station #1, Apriil 12, 1945; Advanced Intelligence Centers in the US Navy. John Eldridge, Jr. Knox (DE-580) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. How the Philadelphia Experiment Worked. S. Navy destroyer escort USS Eldridge was claimed to be rendered invisible (or "cloaked") to enemy devices. , widow of Lieutenant Commander Eldridge; and commissioned 27 August 1943, Lieutenant C. S. Also part of Task Force 60 was the naval tanker (escort oiler) USS Mattaponi (Lt. United States Navy destroyer escort ship. Naval vessels to bear the name. Cox, Director NHHC. Eldridge Serving in the Greek Navy as the HNS Leon D54. Poupeney, USNR) had. V. 15 December 1943: Bremerton, Wash. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air. The ship was named in honor of American merchant seaman and labor organizer Andrew Furuseth. Walton B. During that time, she portrayed the destroyer escort USS Haynes. S. , herói da invasão das Ilhas Salomão. The USS Indianapolis was built in Camden, New Jersey. On October 28, 1943, an experiment was conducted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. They arrived at Bermuda around 2000Q/17. USS SLATER is a WWII era Destroyer Escort now serving as the Destroyer Escort Historical Museum in Albany, New York. During the morning of 24 December 1943, USS Stevenson, USS Stockton, USS Thorn and USS Turner fuelled from USS Housatonic. naval aviator John Clarence Butler (1921-1942), killed during the Battle of Midway in June of 1942. S. Commander, hug. German U-boat U-515 was sunk at 1510hrs on 9 April 1944 in the mid-Atlantic north of Madeira in position 34°35'N, 19°18'W, by rockets from 4 Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-58) of the US escort carrier USS Guadalcanal and depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Pope, USS Pillsbury, USS Chatelain and USS Flaherty. (DE-131) USS Hammann (DE-131) was an Edsall -class destroyer escort built for the U. The second USS Fleming (DE-32), and first ship of the name to enter service, was an Evarts-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. The bomber was. This method of construction was the accepted production schedule at Brown Ship Building, laying two. Navy destroyer escort ship, the USS Kirk, played a dramatic but almost forgotten role in rescuing up to. She was laid down on 30 November 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Marchand, mother of Fireman First Class Marchand. Fleck, Jr. Eldridge wa. Love, USNR). McDonnell was a casualty on a commerical plane crash at Bolivia, North Carolina. B. Nearly eight decades after it went down in a last stand. R Hamilton later that year. S. R. To escort her the destroyer escorts USS Darby (Cdr. Around 2345Z/11, in position 35°05'N, 65°01'W, USS Cowanesque was detached to Bermuda for which the destroyer escorts USS Durik (T/Lt. Cdr. S. Proceeding in company. The USS SLATER has undergone an extensive restoration that has returned the ship to her former glory. Cannon class destroyer escort, Eldridge. S. Home Donate. Cdr. T. The subject of urban legend, the ship was allegedly part of the Philadelphia Experiment in which it was briefly rendered invisible and teleported over 200 miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Norfolk, Virginia. R. Edsall was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 2 July 1942; launched 1 November 1942; sponsored by. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution. 000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy. The ships were. Roberts (DE-413) circa in June 1944. The Philadelphia Experiment (also referred to as Project Rainbow) was an alleged naval experiment in October 1943 in which the destroyer escort USS Eldridge was briefly rendered invisible, with disastrous side effects. Around 2200Q/12, the Samuel Livermore and her escort USS Lowe rejoined the convoy. The last five of these destroyer escorts were not escorts of the convoy but members of hunter-killer group (Task Group 21. 5 of them were lost. Kennedy’s wartime service. Herzog. John Eldridge, Jr. USS Samuel B. The first 3 came in Jan 1943 and they peaked at 48 being commissioned in October that year. The USS Durant (DE-389) was one of several destroyer escorts (DE) the Coast Guard operated during World War II and the Cold War. Cdr. T. , for duty as training ship with the 13th Naval District. John Eldridge, Jr. Additional escorts were the AA cruiser HMS Colombo (Capt. Its keel was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newark, New Jersey. 3 Backyards (2010) The story of three people from the same suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day. Commissioned USS Dixie (AD-14), 25 April. , USN) and USS Laub (T/Cdr. She was launched on 22 March 1944 by Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, sponsored by Mrs. Pare and DiCicco play two ill-fated sailors on board the USS Eldridge during the experiment who are sucked into a time vortex, winding up in the '80s on the grounds where a military installation. Built and launched in. The Buckley-class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943–44. Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a 20-knot (37 km/h; 23 mph) warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships. They also made it invisible – as in, to the naked eye. Launched, 27 May 1939. USS Eldridge (DE-173), a Cannon-class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander John Eldridge, Jr. This section includes over 21. J. Hansen, USNR) and USS Eversole (T/Lt. Sua quilha foi fabricada pela Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company em Newark, Nova Jérsei. 1. luke11685. , was commissioned seventy years ago today. Around 0630B/14, HMS Colombo was detached to Bizerta followed half an hour later by USS Chicopee and the Hova. H. Yard and district craft. The initial 50 DEs (classified as "Escort Vessels" or "Escort Ships", though the DE designation falls in the destroyer series and has been frequently mis-interpreted to mean "Destroyer Escort") were ordered on British account as BDEs (with the letter "B" for "British"), as were a subsequent 250, but most of these 300 ships were later. The U. USS Eldridge (DE-173), a Cannon -class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander John Eldridge Jr. Around 0700Q/14, USS Chicopee parted company to proceed to Bermuda. 000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy. John McTeague. At 0109K/22, fire was opened on Wadke airstrip. Also the destroyer escort Hova joined the convoy. Her sinking of six Japanese submarines in twelve days is a feat unparalleled in the history of. 19 February 1943: Retained by the U. This convoy departed New York on 25 May 1945. Navy has begun working on a next-generation guided missile destroyer. The USS Jenks (DE-665), a Buckley-class destroyer escort, sailed down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was commissioned on January 19, 1944, with Lieutenant Commander J. C. Navy submarine USS Stickleback (SS-415) and the destroyer escort USS Silverstein (DE-534) off Oahu, Hawaii (USA), on 29 May 1958. was born on 10 October 1903 in Buckingham, Virginia. Also joining the convoy were the destroyers USS Nields (T/Cdr. 2 × depth charge tracks. (The look in Eldridge's eyes indicates the commission team has returned to port. 0 • 10. Jackson, USNR) and USS Barr (Lt. It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. Arriving at Kwajalein on 31 May, she provided power to that island until. She was named after Charles Hazeltine Hammann who was awarded the Medal of Honor, when, as a. 3 was made up of the destroyer escorts USS Edmonds (T/Cdr. They rejoined around 0800N/3. May 2019. (Wikimedia Commons) (Wikimedia Commons) Whoever sent the original packages not only claimed the details of the cloaking/teleportation experiment, but also claimed the Eldridge was fully crewed at the time. Humphreys, USNR) and USS Alger (Lt. S. A number of DE's were converted to APD's. It was armed with. A Navy escort destroyer named the DE 173 (better known as the U. H. It was the largest shipbuilding program in U. On 18 June 1944, USS Cossatot fuelled the Coutelas. and Tanatside, "Hunt Type III" class of "escort destroyers" of 1,087 tons, 264 feet long at the waterline with four 4-inch guns and light AA guns, designed as fast antiaircraft and antisubmarine escort ships. A Worcester-class light cruiser is visible in the left background. To escort her the destroyer escorts USS Darby (Cdr. S. August 3 – WWII: John F. Around 0530O/2, the transport Samdonard broke down. Cdr. They arrived at Bermuda in. USS Eldridge (DE-173), a Cannon -class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander John Eldridge Jr. USS Scott (DE-214), was a Buckley -class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. Around 1645A/13, USS Parker rejoined the convoy. Around 0800B/23, HMS Emperor, HMS Khedive, USS Herndon and USS Shubrick arrived at. 1:250 Destroyer Escort USS ENGLAND (DE-635) HMV Available from Fentens Papermodels €24. Cdr. Navy on January 20, 1944, commissioned on April 28, 1944, and sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. The USS Griswold [DE-7], commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 28 April 1943, was one of the first destroyer escorts to arrive in the Southwest Pacific. From the popular mobile game "Azur Lane" comes a 1/7th scale figure of Canon-class destroyer escort, USS Eldridge! The figure recreates her default image from the game, allowing you to enjoy her pose from any angle, and her infamously unchanging expression has been perfectly captured for fans to enjoy. There were also claims of teleportation and even time travel. Namesake [ edit ]On 18 June 1944, USS Cossatot fuelled the Coutelas.