USS Peiffer

History

United States
Name	USS Peiffer
Namesake	Carl David Peiffer
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
Laid down	21 December 1943
Launched	26 January 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Frank W. Peiffer, mother of Ensign Peiffer
Commissioned	15 June 1944
Decommissioned	1 June 1946
Stricken	1 December 1966
Honors and awards	One battle star
Fate	Destroyed as a target, 16 May 1967
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 Peiffer (DE-588) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold for scrapping in 1967.

Namesake

Carl David Peiffer was born on 18 September 1915 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 13 December 1940; was appointed Aviation Cadet on 5 March 1941; and was commissioned Ensign on 25 September 1941. Following training at Naval Air Station Norfolk, he reported for duty with Scouting Squadron 6 on the USS Enterprise on 11 March 1942. He was killed in action during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross "...for extraordinary heroism and courageous devotion to duty..." exhibited as he "...pressed home his attacks in the face of a formidable barrage of anti-aircraft fire and fierce fighter opposition."

Construction and service

Peiffer was laid down 21 December 1943 by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.; launched 26 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Frank W. Peiffer, mother of the ship's namesake; and commissioned 15 June 1944.

Following shakedown off Bermuda, Peiffer trained with submarines off southern New England and on 30 September 1944 got underway, with Escort Division 71, for the Panama Canal. She arrived Seeadler Harbor, Manus, 7 November. Steaming then to Hollandia, she escorted a convoy to Leyte and back, and, on 28 December, joined Task Group 78.5 for the invasion of Luzon. Sailing northwest 30 December, she screened the Blue Beach attack group to the San Fabian assault area, then continued to provide anti-submarine arid anti-aircraft protection for the group during the initial landings, 9 January 1945. The following day she retired and on the 13th arrived in Leyte Gulf, whence she escorted LST's carrying supplies and reinforcements to Luzon.

Detached from the 7th Amphibious Force 20 February, Peiffer reported for duty with the Philippine Sea Frontier, with which she remained for the final months of World War II. During that time she interrupted inter-island escort of convoy and anti-submarine patrol duties only once, in late July, to escort USS Block Island (CVE-106) to Guam. Returning to Leyte 10 August, she remained in the Far East after the Japanese surrender and during the next few months patrolled in Philippine waters, escorted convoys to Okinawa, and, prior to sailing for the United States, carried personnel to Shanghai. On 24 November departed the China coast, and after a brief return to the Philippines, steamed east.

Peiffer arrived at San Pedro, Los Angeles, 4 January 1946. In March she shifted to San Diego where she decommissioned, 1 June 1946, and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was struck from the Navy List 1 December 1966 and her hulk was destroyed as a target 16 May 1967.

Peiffer earned one battle star during World War II.

References

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

External links

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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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