USN · DD
Abner Read
Photos and infoFletcher-class destroyer, named for Lieutenant Commander Abner Read, who died of wounds in 1863. Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco. Laid down 30 October 1941, launched 18 August 1942, commissioned 5 February 1943. Commander Thomas Burrowes had her at Attu and Kiska. A mine tore off her stern on 18 August 1943. Commander Thomas B. Hutchins III had her through New Guinea. Commander Arthur F. Purdy had her at Leyte. A kamikaze sank her there on 1 November 1944. Four battle stars.
| Class | Fletcher class |
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| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-526 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco |
| Launched | 1942-08-18 |
| Commissioned | 1943-02-05 |
| Fate | Sunk. A mine blew her stern off off Kiska at 0150 on 18 August 1943. Seventy men were killed or missing and forty-seven were wounded. She was rebuilt. On 1 November 1944, in Leyte Gulf, a kamikaze's bomb exploded in the after engine room. She rolled over and sank at 1415. Twenty-two of her crew were not saved. The plane is not credited to one unit. |
| Armament (class) | Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy. Damaged USS Abner Read (DD-526) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), in October 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Aleutian Islands
1942-06-03 · shelled Attu on 11 and 16 May 1943; a mine blew her stern off off Kiska at 0150 on 18 August
