- USS Levy (DE-162)
The USS "Levy" (DE-162) was a 1240-ton sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort, built at
Newark, New Jersey . Commissioned in May 1943, she served in the southern and centralPacific from August 1943 through the end ofWorld War II . Though mainly employed escorting fleet logistics ships, late in the war, Levy was assigned to bombard and blockade bypassedJapan ese islands in the Marshalls.In August and September 1945, she hosted surrender ceremonies for
Mili Atoll ,Jaluit Atoll andWake Island . Placed in the Reserve Fleet atGreen Cove Springs, Florida , in November 1945, "Levy" had no further active service. She was later moved to theNorfolk, Virginia , area, but remained in mothballs until sold in July 1974.USS "Levy" was named in honor of Commodore
Uriah P. Levy (1792-1862), a notable figure of the nineteenth-century Navy.External links
*http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/de162.htm
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