- USS Gilmore (DE-18)
USS "Gilmore" (DE-18) was an "Evarts"-class short-hull
destroyer escort in the service of theUnited States Navy , named after Commander Walter William Gilmore, Supply Corp, killed8 May 1942 while serving as the supply officer of the USS "Lexington" (CV-2) in theBattle of Coral Sea .Originally launched as HMS "Halder"(BDE-18) on
October 22 ,1942 by Mare Island Ship Yard, California. She was reallocated back to the United States Navy and renamed USS "Gilmore" on19 February 1943 and commissioned on17 April 1943 , with Lt. Cmdr. S. C. Small in command."Gilmore" conducted her initial training in
San Diego ,California . After this initial training period she escorted troopships fromSan Francisco ,California toPearl Harbor from28 June to8 July ,1943 . Her next mission would be escorting the submarine tender USS "Beaver" (AS-5) toAttu Island on20 September from San Francisco. Sailing as part of the 14 Destroyer Escort Division Pacific, she then served as the escort ship for theU.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ship "Surveyor" from18 October to29 October . For the next three months, "Gilmore" would serve as an escort between various Alaskan ports, until20 January ,1944 . She then participated in air-sea rescue operations off the coast of Attu Island for the 4th Fleet Air Wing until1 February .Three days later, "Gilmore" left Attu for Adak escorting merchant ships, and then escorted USS "Tippecanoe" (AO-21) and SS "Henry Failing" to the Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard in
Bremerton, Washington , arriving on20 April .Awards
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