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IJ-X JO.: . • rj,,. . i - The United Stotes Ship DYESS, o 2400 ton Gearing Class Destroyer was launched on January 26, 1945, when she slid sideways down the launching ways of the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas. The ship was nomed in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla James Dyess, United States Marine Corps Reserve. Colonel Dyess was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gal- lantry above and beyond the call of duty during the invasion of Kwojalein Atoll. Upon completion of shakedown troining in July of 1945, DYESS received special radar equipment and additional anti-aircraft armament at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Following this modification she was redesignated DDR-880, becoming a radar picket de- stroyer. World War II was over before DYESS was in a battle ready condition, qnd from July to November of 1945, she made several short training cruises along the Eastern coast of the United States. November of 1945 saw the DYESS transit the Panama Canal and report for duty to Commander, Destroyer Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet. After nearly o year in the Western Pacific Area, during which she visited various Japanese and Philippine ports, DYESS returned via Klonolulu and San Diego to her home waters of the Atlantic Coast. In August 1947, DYESS, as part of Task Force 84, made a short cruise to South America visiting Trinidad two
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