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TABLE OF CONTENTS Tire Name Sake 2 PRIOR COS 3 CO van der SCHROEFF 4 CO Orvis 5 XO, CMC 6 Khaki 7 CBS 8-9 CA Division W-13 CD Division 74-76 Topside Cunnery 17 CE Division 16-21 CF Division 22-25 CW Division 26-29 CBSCandids 30 Viking Team 31 Engineering 32-33 A Division 34-37 B Division 38-41 E Division 42-45 M Division 46-49 R Division 50-53 Engineering Candids 54-55 OPS 56-57 OC Division 58-67 OD Division 62-65 Ol Division 66-70 OW Division 71-72 OPS Candids 73 ESWS 74 How Much 75 NAV ADMIN 76-79 Supply 80-84 Wog day 85 Chain of Command 86 Port Candids 87 Philippines 88-89 Malaysia 90-91 Thailand 92-93 Gulf 94-95 Hong Kong 96 Sunsets 97 Tiger Cruise 98-99 Home Coming 100-101 UNREP 702 Flight Quarters 103 Staff 704
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NAMESAKE The USS ENGLAND (DE-63S) was commissioned on December 10, 1943 under the command of Commander W. B. Pendleton, USN, with Lieu- tenant Commander J. A. Williamson USNR as Executive Officer. The ENGLAND joined Admiral William Halsey ' s Forces and operated under his command for the next several months. In the spring of 1944, the stage was set for the fantastic exploits of the ENGLAND. The Japanese forces were not adequate to defend the Marianas and Palau, either of which were likely targets of the next Allied advances. In order to obtain intelligence about Allied ship movements. Admiral Toyoda, commander of the Japanese fleet in the Philipines, dispatched his submarines to form a scout line south of Truk and west of Manus. He then intended to throw the weight of the Imperial Navy against the Allies when their objective was determined. On 19 May 1944, ENGLAND, one of three units in Destroyer Escort Division 39, was proceeding toward a routine intercept of a supply submarine that had been sighted south of Truk. Enroute, ENGLAND made unexpected sonar contact with the first of her victims, pressed an attack, and delivered a lethal payload of Hedgehogs on her fifth pass destroying the Japansese submarine 1-16. In the meantime, the remaining elements of Toyoda ' s line had been discovered, and Admiral Halsey directed Escort Division 39 to hunt them down. In doing so, the ENGLAND sank the Japanese submarines RO- 104, RO- 105, RO- 106, RO- 108 and RO- 1 16 in a eight day period. The entire scout line had become the victim of a single vessel — the ENGLAND. The Chief of Naval Operations sent the classic message There will always be an ENGLAND in the United States Navy . She was later to receive the Presidential Unit Citation for this operation which has yet to be equalled in the annuls of naval warfare! 2 NAMESAKE
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