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Photo # NH 102864:  USS Anthony off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 8 December 1944

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Anthony (DD-515), 1943-1958

USS Anthony, a 2050-ton Fletcher class destroyer, was built at Bath, Maine. She was commissioned in February 1943 and went to the Pacific in May. Following training in Hawaiian waters, Anthony escorted a convoy to the south Pacific, where she was to participate in campaigns in the vicinity of the northern Solomon Islands. Her first such operation was the assault on Bougainville at the beginning of November 1943, in which she bombarded targets ashore and protected shipping against air and submarine threats. In January 1944 the destroyer took part in an action against Japanese shipping near Bougainville. She also supported the landings on Green Island and Emirau in February and March, as well as shelling the enemy base at Rabaul.

In June 1944 Anthony moved into the central Pacific to partipate in the invasions of Saipan and, in July, of Guam. She was also among the ships screening U.S. aircraft carriers during the mid-June Battle of the Philippine Sea. Following an October-December 1944 overhaul at Mare Island, California, Anthony arrived back in the western Pacific war zone in time to take part in the Iwo Jima landings in February 1945. Between late March and early June she was generally off Okinawa, providing gunfire support, protecting other ships and serving as a radar picket. She escaped damage from several Japanese air attacks, but was holed on 7 June 1945 when a Kamikaze suicide plane crashed nearby. However, none of her crew lost their lives in this incident, and Anthony remained in action. In July she twice made anti-shipping raids off China.

Following end of the fighting, Anthony covered minesweeping operations in Japanese waters and otherwise supported occupation efforts. She steamed back to the United States during 1945's last two months, making her way to the East Coast, where she was decommissioned in April 1946. In January 1958, following nearly a dozen years laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, USS Anthony was loaned to the Federal Republic of Germany. Renamed Z-1, she served in the Bundesmarine until April 1972, when she was formally returned to United States custody and stricken from the Navy list. In late June of that year she was sold to the Germans as a source of parts. Her hulk was resold to Greece in 1979 for the same purpose, and for eventual scrapping.

USS Anthony was named in honor of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major William Anthony (1853-1899).

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Anthony (DD-515)


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Photo #: NH 102864

USS Anthony
(DD-515)

Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102866

USS Anthony
(DD-515)

Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 620 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102865

USS Anthony
(DD-515)

Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 630 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102793

USS Terry
(DD-513)

At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944.
USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry.
White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 99KB; 600 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102807

USS Terry
(DD-513)

At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944.
USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry.
White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 154KB; 740 x 625 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102808

USS Terry
(DD-513)

Plan view, aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944.
USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry.
White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 151KB; 740 x 620 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Anthony (DD-515). The following list features this image:

The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-276692
    USS Anthony (DD-515) underway at sea, 14 July 1943.
    Port broadside aerial view. Anthony is seen moderately distantly, filling about 40% of the width of this image. The photo was shot "up-Sun", so the ship is basically seen in silhouette.


    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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