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Photo # NH 79821:  USS Tisdale during World War II

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USS Tisdale (DE-33), 1943-1948

USS Tisdale, a 1140-ton Evarts class escort ship, was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California. Commissioned in October 1943, she escorted shipping in the central and southern Pacific during the first five months of 1944. In June Tisdale screened the floating reserve during the invasion of Saipan, helping to protect her charges during the ensuing Battle of the Philippine Sea. Later in the month, and in July, she used her guns for bombardment and illumination missions at Saipan and Tinian. For the rest of 1944 and into the following year Tisdale performed escort service in the central Pacific.

From late March until mid-June 1945, Tisdale participated in the Okinawa campaign, screening escort aircraft carriers and supply convoys as well as serving as a radar picket ship. She returned to the U.S. West Coast in early August, two weeks before the Japanese agreed to surrender. With the war over, Tisdale's services were no longer needed. She was decommissioned in mid-November 1945, stricken from the Navy list later in that month, and sold for scrapping in February 1948.

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Photo #: NH 79821

USS Tisdale
(DE-33)

Photographed during World War II, probably upon her return to the U.S. in about August 1945 as she appears to be flying a long "homeward bound" pennant.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 475 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100100

USS Tisdale
(DE-33)

Sponsor's party at the ship's launching, Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 June 1943. Those present are (from left to right):
Mrs. Wilhelm L. Friedell;
Rear Admiral Wilhelm L. Friedell, USN;
Mrs. _______ Park, Matron of Honor;
Captain Francis W. Scanland, USN;
Mrs. Ryland D. Tisdale, Sponsor;
Captain William E. Malloy, USN; and
Mrs. Lannis A. Parker.

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

Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 625 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100101

USS Tisdale
(DE-33)

Ship's Sponsor, Mrs. Ryland D. Tisdale, on the christening platform, just before Tisdale was launched, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 June 1943.

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

Online Image: 84KB; 600 x 765 pixels

 


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