USS Hodges

History

United States
Name	USS Hodges
Namesake	Flourenoy Glen Hodges
Builder	Charleston Naval Shipyard
Laid down	9 September 1943
Launched	9 December 1943
Sponsored by	Miss Dorothy Jane Hodges, sister of Ensign Hodges
Commissioned	27 May 1944
Decommissioned	22 June 1946
Stricken	29 June 1948
Honors and awards	One battle star
Fate	Scrapped, 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	Rudderow
Type	Destroyer escort
Displacement	1,450 tons
Length	306 feet
Beam	36 feet, 10 inches
Draft	9 feet 8 inches
Speed	24 knots
Complement	186
Armament	2 × 5 in/38 cal (127 mm) (2x1) 4 × 40-mm (2x2) 10 × 20 mm (10x1) 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1x3) 1 Hedgehog depth bomb thrower 8 depth charge projectors (8x1) 2 depth charge racks

USS Hodges (DE-231) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.

Namesake

Flournoy Glen Hodges was born on 22 January 1919 in Dover, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia and entered the United States Naval Reserve on 13 May 1940 at Macon, Georgia. He had preliminary flight training at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Miami, and was appointed aviation cadet on 15 August 1940. After more flight training at the Naval Air Station Pensacola and Naval Air Station Miami, he was commissioned an Ensign on 15 April 1941 and ordered to a torpedo squadron in the Pacific. He was shot down and reported missing during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) on 15 June 1942.

Construction and service

Hodges was launched 9 December 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Jane Hodges, sister of Ensign Hodges; and commissioned 27 May 1944.

After shakedown off Bermuda, Hodges returned to Charleston before steaming to the British West Indies for antisubmarine patrol. After more operations along the East Coast, she sailed 14 October 1944 from New York, reaching New Guinea 20 November via the Panama Canal Zone. After operations off New Guinea, Hodges sailed 20 December for the Philippines where she took up antisubmarine patrol and escort duty.

In early January 1945, Hodges sailed with Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's San Fabian Attack Force for the landings at Lingayen Gulf, 9 January. Shortly after 0700, 9 January, as Hodges was on her screening station a kamikaze started a dive on her. Misjudging the target angle, the plane knocked down her foremast and radio antennas and splashed without inflicting a single casualty. Hodges quickly made emergency repairs and continued providing air coverage—thus playing a key role in successfully landing the 6th Infantry Division and General Wing's 43rd Division.

After repairs at Manus Hodges arrived Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 15 February to escort a convoy to Leyte.

Through the last of March she was assigned patrol and escort duty for convoys bringing in supplies to the Philippines. On 11 April, Hodges conducted shore bombardment on Japanese gun emplacements in the vicinity of Legaspi, Luzon, then for the remainder of April and May operated out of Manila Bay training with submarines.

After more patrol and escort duty out of Subic Bay, Hodges sailed for Ulithi 26 June. From 1 July until 18 December she was assigned patrol and plane guard duty between Ulithi and Okinawa.

Hodges departed Samar 18 December, arriving San Francisco 9 January 1946 via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor. Hodges decommissioned at San Diego 22 June 1946 and joined the Reserve Fleet.

Hodges received one battle star for World War II service.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Hodges (DE-231).

Photo gallery at Navsource.org

Rudderow-class destroyer escorts

Completed	Rudderow Day Chaffee Hodges Riley Leslie L.B. Knox McNulty Metivier George A. Johnson Charles J. Kimmel Daniel A. Joy Lough Thomas F. Nickel Peiffer Tinsman DeLong Coates Eugene E. Elmore Holt Jobb Parle
Converted to Crosley-class high-speed transports	Crosley Cread Ruchamkin Kirwin Kinzer Register Brock John Q. Roberts William M. Hobby Ray K. Edwards Arthur L. Bristol Truxtun Upham Ringness Knudson Rednour Tollberg William J. Pattison Myers Walter B. Cobb Earle B. Hall Harry L. Corl Belet Julius A. Raven Walsh Hunter Marshall Earheart Walter S. Gorka Rogers Blood Francovich Joseph M. Auman Kline Raymon W. Herndon Scribner Alex Diachenko / Diachenko Horace A. Bass Wantuck Bray Gosselin Begor Cavallaro Donald W. Wolf Cook Walter X. Young (DE-715) Balduck Burdo Kleinsmith Weiss Carpellotti Don O. Woods Beverly W. Reid
Canceled	Vogelgesang Weeks Sutton William M. Wood William R. Rush DE-289 (Unnamed) Williams DE-291 — DE-300 (Unnamed) DE-607 — DE-632 (Unnamed) DE-645 — DE-664 (Unnamed) Walter X. Young (DE-723) DE-724 — DE-738 (Unnamed) DE-905 — DE-1005 (Unnamed)

Post-World War II operators
Republic of China Navy	Tai Yuan (ex-Riley) Tien Shan (ex-Kleinsmith) Yu Shan (ex-Kinzer) Hua Shan (ex-Donald W. Wolf) Fu Shan (ex-Truxtun) Shou Shan (ex-Kline) Tai Shan (ex-Register) Heng Shan (ex-Raymon W. Herndon) Unnamed (ex-Walter B. Cobb sank during transfer)
Colombian National Navy	Almirante Padilla (ex-Tollberg) Córdoba (ex-Ruchamkin)
Republic of Korea Navy	Chung Nam (ex-Holt) Gyeongnam (ex-Cavallaro) Asan (ex-Harry L. Corl) Ungpo (ex-Julius A. Raven) Jeju (ex-William M. Hobby)
Mexican Navy	California (ex-Belet) Papaloapan (ex-Earheart) Tehuantupec (ex-Joseph M. Auman) Usumacinta / Miguel Hidalgo (ex-Don O. Woods) Chihuahua / José María Morelos y Pavón (ex-Rednour)

Preceded by: Edsall class
Followed by: John C. Butler class

List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy

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