USS Levy (DE-162)

USS Levy (DE-162)

The USS "Levy" (DE-162) was a 1240-ton sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort, built at Newark, New Jersey. Commissioned in May 1943, she served in the southern and central Pacific from August 1943 through the end of World War II. Though mainly employed escorting fleet logistics ships, late in the war, Levy was assigned to bombard and blockade bypassed Japanese islands in the Marshalls.

In August and September 1945, she hosted surrender ceremonies for Mili Atoll, Jaluit Atoll and Wake Island. Placed in the Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida, in November 1945, "Levy" had no further active service. She was later moved to the Norfolk, Virginia, area, but remained in mothballs until sold in July 1974.

USS "Levy" was named in honor of Commodore Uriah P. Levy (1792-1862), a notable figure of the nineteenth-century Navy.

External links

*http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/de162.htm


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