USS Martin (DE-30)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Martin.

Career
Name:	USS Martin
Laid down:	26 November 1942
Launched:	18 May 1943
Commissioned:	4 September 1943
Decommissioned:	19 November 1945
Struck:	5 December 1945
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 15 May 1946
General characteristics
Type:	Evarts-class destroyer escort
Displacement:	1,140 long tons (1,158 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) full
Length:	289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) o/a 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) w/l
Beam:	35 ft (11 m)
Draft:	11 ft (3.4 m) (max)
Propulsion:	4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) 2 screws
Speed:	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range:	4,150 nmi (7,690 km)
Complement:	15 officers and 183 enlisted
Armament:	• 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns • 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds) • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

USS Martin (DE-30) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft.

Originally intended for lend-lease to Great Britain, the USS Martin (DE-30) was laid down as BDE-30 by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, on 26 November 1942; launched on 18 May 1943; redesignated DE-30, on 16 June 1943; renamed Martin on 23 June 1943; and commissioned on 4 September 1943; Lt. Paul E. Warfield, USNR, in command.

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Martin escorted Idaho (BB-42) to San Diego, California, on 29 September to 2 October. After shakedown off San Diego, the escort ship got underway in convoy for Pearl Harbor on 11 November, arriving the 21st for service with TF 16. On 3 December, in company with Trathen (DD-530) and Ellice / Gilbert Islands area, returning to Pearl Harbor the 31st.

On 9 January 1944 Martin sailed with TG 58.4 for escort service during the initial Marshall operations, on 11 January into late February. From arrival at Tulagi on 18 March until 1 October she operated as a merchant ship escort in the Solomons.

During October the ship joined TG 30.8 to escort fueling units during the strikes on Formosa; Luzon, Philippines; and Okinawa, Ryūkyūs, beginning on 10 October. From November to February 1945 she patrolled the western Carolines and Marianas. On 10 December 1944 Martin screened LSTs landing troops and supplies on Leyte for the mop-up operations following the landings in October and the ensuing Battle for Leyte Gulf. She operated out of Eniwetok from February 1945 on, escorting convoys to Kwajalein and Guam, Marshalls, and Ulithi, Carolines.

On 5 July Martin departed Kwajalein for the west coast, via Pearl Harbor, arriving at San Francisco, California, on 19 July.

End-of-War Decommissioning

On 19 November she decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard and was struck from the Navy List on 5 December. Martin was sold to Wilmington Transportation Co., Wilmington, California, on 15 May, and delivered on 3 June to be scrapped.

Awards

	American Campaign Medal
	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
	World War II Victory Medal

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Martin (DE-30) at NavSource Naval History