DeHaven (DD 727) - Naval Cruise Book

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WORLD WAR II DE HAVEN was on radar picket station on I5 August 194.5 when the Iapanese accepted unconditional surrender. On 1 September she embarked Rear Admiral John Shafroth for transportation to Tokyo Bay, and the next day anchored 1500 yards off the bow of the USS MISSOURI during the signing of the surrender. PRE-PRAM-FLEET REHABILITATION AND MODERNIZATION-1960 The PRAM modernization program increased the ships ASW capability by adding torpedo tubes amidships and DASH-drone antisubmarinebhelicopters.

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LCDR E. DeHaven became a Well- known explorer through his wide travels and expeditions. Appointed Midshipman on 2 Oct. 1829, he was commissioned Lieu- tenant on 8 Sept 1841. His early service was recorded in the West Indies and in South America onboard the ships NATCHES, ERIE, and the LEXINGTON. After a tour of shore duty in New York and Baltimore, Lt. DeHaven was transferred to the FALMOUTH in the Pacific and in 1839 to the USS VINCENNES, flagship of the U. S. Exploration Expedition under Charles Wilkes. On this vessel, Lt. DeHaven made his cruise to the Atlantic and among the Pacific Islands. He was transferred to the USS PEACOCK in October 1840, which continued with the expedition in surveying portions of the Pacific and the North American Court near Puget Sound. On 18 july 1841 the PEACOCK was Wreck- ed in the mouth of the Columbia River, and Lieutenant Commander DeHaven finished the cruise of the expedition on the OREGON. During 1843 he served aboard USS TRUXTON and in january 1845 was transferred to the USS SOMERS. The SOMERS was active in the Gulf of Mexico during the early part of the trouble with Mexico, and participated in the first ex- pedition against Alvarado. On 3 May 1850, LCDR DeHaven was placed in command of the Grinnell Rescue Expedition to search for Sir john Franklin and to make further scientific expeditions. Two ships of the expedition, the brigs ADVANCE and RESCUE, were caught in the ice West of Greenland in September and drifted for nine months. The Expedition failed to find Franklin, but discovered and named Grinnell Land. Lieutenant Commander DeHaven retired on 6 February 1862, and died on 1 May 1865. UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMMISSIONING CEREMONY I I I I I I 1 I I I I l 1 I I I 1 I I 1 I -I1

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