Destroyer Pringle

Pringle

國家	美國
艦級	Fletcher 級驅逐艦
造船廠	Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina, United States
安放龍骨日期	1941年7月31日
下水日期	1942年5月2日
服役日期	1942年9月15日
沉沒日期	1945年4月16日
排水量	2,050 tons standard; 2,924 tons full
長度	376 feet
寬度	40 feet
吃水	14 feet
動力來源	General Electric geared turbines with two screws
功率	60,000 shaft horsepower
速度	38 knots
續航力	6,500nm at 15 knots
乘員	273
武裝	5x5

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ww2dbaseAfter shakedown cruise and an one-month Atlantic patrol, Pringle headed for the Pacific. She arrived at Guadalcanal on 30 May 1943. Her typical duties during the Solomon Islands campaign involve being part of advance scouting forces as well as acting as escorts for troop transports, but she was involved in several combat actions very quickly. Her first combat action was on the night of 17 to 18 Jul, where along two other destroyers she attacked three Japanese destroyers off Vanga Point, Kolombangara. On the night of 3 to 4 Sep, with destroyer Dyson, she engaged several Japanese barges also off Kolombangara, sinking three. Her next major campaign was the Marianas invasion, where she screened for larger vessels against Japanese submarines; her guns provided some naval gunfire support for landing forces at Saipan and Tinian as well. After some time at Mare Island Naval Shipyard back in the United States, she returned to the front at the Philippines and took part in naval bombardments on 27 and 28 Nov 1944. While escorting supply vessels to Mindoro between 27 and 30 Dec 1944, the convoy was attacked by Japanese aircraft, sinking several ships; Pringle was damaged by kamikaze on 30 Dec, losing 11 men and putting her under repair until Feb 1945. After returning to service, she screened for troop transports and provided fire support for the Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions. On 15 Apr 1945, she was once again damaged by kamikaze. The Japanese aircraft's 1,000-lb or two 500-lb bombs exploded belowdecks, sinking her six minutes later. A large portion, 258, of the crew survived.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.

Last Major Revision: Sep 2006

Destroyer Pringle 互動地圖

Pringle Operational Timeline

1942年9月15日	Pringle was commissioned into service.
1943年6月30日	Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia in column with destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle bombarded Japanese shore installations in the Buin-Shortlands area of southern Bougainville, Solomon Islands.
1943年7月6日	Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle arrived in the southern Solomon Islands and began operating out of Tulagi.
1943年7月7日	The day after the Battle of Kula Gulf, a second cruiser force consisting of cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle departed Tulagi on a night patrol up the New Georgia Sound (the "Slot").
1943年7月10日	Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle departed Tulagi on a night patrol up the New Georgia Sound (the "Slot").
1943年7月12日	In the early morning darkness, cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle conducted a bombardment of Japanese installations in the Munda area on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
1943年7月15日	Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle made a nighttime, flank-speed sortie from Tulagi to Doveli Cove on Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands.
1943年7月18日	Destroyers USS Lang, USS Stack, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle made a nighttime patrol up the New Georgia Sound in the Solomon Islands (the "Slot") to the area of Kolombangara. The "Black Cat" patrol plane covering the destroyers reported three Japanese patrol boats in the Vella Gulf off the west coast of Kolombangara. The destroyers engaged the patrol boats with intense gunfire with unobserved results.
1943年8月26日	Shortly after midnight, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Chevalier, USS O’Bannon, USS Taylor, and USS Pringle made a nighttime patrol through Vella Gulf, Solomon Islands but encountered no shipping.
1943年9月28日	Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS O’Bannon, and USS Pringle departed Nouméa, New Caledonia escorting a convoy bound for Guadalcanal/Tulagi area, Solomon Islands.
1944年2月28日	Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, USS Renshaw, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Eaton, and USS Sigourney departed Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands bound for Cape St. George on New Ireland on a bombardment sortie.
1944年2月29日	After refueling at the Treasury Islands, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, USS Renshaw, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Eaton, and USS Sigourney shelled the Japanese radar station on Point St. George on New Ireland and then set a course for Borpop Airfield area.
1944年3月1日	Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, and USS Renshaw shelled the Japanese airfield at Borpop on New Ireland and then set a course for Nabuto Harbor. At Nabuto Bay, the ships shelled harbor installations and shore batteries before retiring at high speed toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
1944年3月2日	Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, and USS Renshaw arrived at Tulagi, Solomon Islands.
1944年3月10日	Destroyers USS Saufley, USS Philip, and USS Renshaw departed Tulagi, Solomon Island bound for Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville.
1944年4月1日	Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Saufley, USS Pringle, and USS Philip departed Tulagi, Solomon Islands bound for Emirau Island in the Bismarck Islands.
1944年4月16日	Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Saufley, USS Pringle, and USS Philip departed the Emirau Island area in the Bismarck Islands bound for Tulagi, Solomon Islands.
1944年4月18日	Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Saufley, USS Pringle, and USS Philip arrived at Tulagi, Solomon Islands.
1944年5月4日	Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip departed Tulagi, Solomon Islands bound for Funafuti. Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu).
1944年5月5日	On 6 May 1944, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip reset their logs to 5 May 1944 local date and arrived at Funafuti. Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu).
1944年5月6日	Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip departed Funafuti, Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i and they crossed the 180th meridian later that day.
1944年5月7日	Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip crossed the equator northbound.
1944年5月10日	While transiting from Funafuti, Ellice Islands to Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip were diverted to an area about 85 miles north of their track to investigate a sighting of a possible Japanese submarine.
1944年5月11日	Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip spent the day searching for the Japanese submarine believed to be in this area. Several sound contacts were made but no targets could be developed. Due to fuel shortages, Waller, Saufley, Pringle, and Philip resumed course for Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i while Renshaw remained until relieved by USS McCalla 7 hours later.
1944年5月12日	Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Pringle, and USS Philip, and later USS Renshaw separately, arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i.
1944年5月17日	Battleship USS Washington and destroyers USS Saufley and USS Pringle returned to Pearl Harbor after five days of exercises south of Oahu.
1944年11月27日	US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, USS Colorado, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS St. Louis, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, and USS Montpelier, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Eaton, USS Cony, USS Mustin, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Sigourney, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Taylor, USS Edwards, and USS Mugford, tanker USS Caribou, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a concentrated Japanese special air attack from 20 to 30 aircraft. All but two of the Japanese planes dived on the formation in the sustained attack. Submarine chaser SC-744 was sunk and battleship Colorado and cruisers St. Louis and Montpelier were damaged.
1944年11月28日	Beginning late the night before, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, and USS Pringle transited the Surigao Strait and bombarded shore targets in Ormoc Bay, Leyte. Upon retiring shortly after midnight, the destroyers detected a Japanese submarine on the surface. All destroyers opened fire with their 5-inch/38 caliber guns and the submarine sank by the stern (some sources suggest this was submarine I-46 but others content Yu-2 is more likely). The destroyers then returned through the Surigao Strait into Leyte Gulf.
1944年11月29日	US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, USS Montpelier, and USS Portland, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Cony, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Edwards, USS Mugford, and USS Connor, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a Japanese air attack where special attack aircraft damaged Maryland, Saufley, and Aulick.

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