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A BRIEF HISTORY OF O.S.S. ERBEN Henry U.S.S. FRBEN is a 2IOO ton, Fletcher class destroyer named after Rear dmiral Erben, a veteran naval leader of the war between the States and the war with Spain. She was built at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine and commissioned on May 28, 1943 at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, Massachusetts. ERBEN ' s World War II record began in September 1943 as she joined the FIFTH Fleet in the Pacific with ComDesRon 48 embarked. The remainder of the war say ERBEN in service conducting screening, bombardment and escorting missions with famous Task Forces 38 and 58 and the SEVENTH Fleet. ERBEN say action in the Marshalls, Marianas, Philippines, Leyte Guif, and Okinawa compaigns, and finally off the home islands of Japan.
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After the signing of the Japanese Treaty in Tokyo Bay, ERBEN could take credit for 5 enemy planes, with scores of assists , one freighter sunk, 9 bombardments, 33 rescues at sea, and 17 mines sunk or exploded. After a post war rest in moth-balls , ERBEN rejoined the Pacific Fleet with Destroyer Division 172 on May 19, 1951. By September, she was back in Japanese waters again in another war against aggression — this time in Korea with the SEVENTH Fleet. ERBEN ' s time was divided between screening the fast carriers of Task Force 77 and bombarding with Task Force 95. During this cruise she was commended for the dramatic rescue of six airmen from dark, rough seas. While conducting shore bombardment off the Korean east coast, ERBEN struck an uncharted reef which sent her to the dry docks of Sasebo and Yokosuka until her return to the United States. On her return she was fitted with a new tripode mast, remodeled CIC, plot and sonar equipment at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard and left for another crack at the Commies with the SEVENTH Fleet. Her second Korean tour proved fruitful and included duty on Formosa Strait Patrol with a visit to Hong Kong while working with Task Force 72. ERBEN ' s guns again spoke in anger against communism before her return to the States where she exchanged her old SC-2 air search radar for the new AN SPS6 search equipment before her third trip to the Orient. ERBEN ' s third trip to the Far East was marked by visits to Hong Kong and Manila. She saw duty off Indo-china, Formosa, and Korea during this tour, before departing for a well deserved rest and overhaul period in the United States. While in the Philippines in March 1954, ERBEN in company with U.S.S. WASP (CVA 18) and U.S.S. BLUEGILL (5SK 242) was selected to participate in a live fire demonstration which included aircraft rocketing, bombing and strafing, followed by hedgehog and depth charge attack on a simulated submarine. Purpose of the demonstration was to illust ate to President Magsaysay and high Philippine dignitaries the capabilities and techniques employed by Fast Carrier Task Forces in detection, attack and destruction of enemy targets. CRUISE SUMMARY The destroyer U.S.S. Erben returns to her home port of San Diego in September after a six month tour in the Far East. , Erben ' s operations were varied and included evasion of several typhoons, operations with cruiser and fast carrier task forces, and in June, along with other ships of Destroyer D.v.s.on 172 transported sixty boy scoutes from their annual encanpment at Okinawa to Keelung, Formosa. During the tour, Erbsn visited various ports of the Far East including Man.la, Pn.l.ppine Islands; Hong Kong, British Crown Colony; Sasebo, Kobe, and Yokosuka, Japan. Erben is commanded by Commandor William A. Keefo of Coronado and Carnal.
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