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USS EDWARD MCDONNELL DE-1043

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Hull Number: DE-1043

Launch Date: 02/15/1964

Commissioned Date: 02/15/1965

Decommissioned Date: 09/30/1988

Call Sign: NCQG

Voice Call Sign: DELMONTE

Other Designations: FF-1043


Class: GARCIA

GARCIA Class

Namesake: EDWARD ORRICK MCDONNELL

EDWARD ORRICK MCDONNELL

Wikipedia (as of 2024)

McDonnell was born on 13 November 1891 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1912.[1] He received the Medal of Honor for actions at the United States occupation of Veracruz, 1914.[2][3][4]

On 10 March 1919 Lieutenant Commander McDonnell flew a British-built Sopwith Camel off an overhauled gun turret on the USS Texas and thus became the first man to fly an airplane off a battleship.[5]

Admiral McDonnell died in the 1960 bombing of National Airlines Flight 2511 in Bolivia, North Carolina.[6] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.


Disposition:

Stricken 12/15/1992.


Ship History

USS EDWARD MCDONNELL DE-1043 Ship History

Wikipedia (as of 2024)

The keel for Edward McDonnell was laid at Avondale Shipyard in Westwego, Louisiana on 1 April 1963. She was launched at Avondale in January 1964, and was commissioned at Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina as DE-1043 on 15 February 1965. She completed her fitting out at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia and became operational as part of the US Navy’s Atlantic Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Forces on 14 January 1966.[2]

In May 1966, USS Edward McDonnell was transferred to the Escort Squadron VI (Cortron 6) with its home port at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. Throughout 1966 and 1967, Edward McDonnell was assigned to anti submarine operations and exercises in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.[3]

In February 1968, Edward McDonnell entered Boston Naval Shipyard for a 13-month overhaul. Following her refit, Edward McDonnell undertook a shakedown and training deployment in the Caribbean before returning to Newport in June 1969.[3]

During 1975, Edward McDonnell was assigned to NATO’s Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) along with the Royal Netherlands Navy Van Speijk-class frigate Van Nes and the West Germany Navy Köln-class frigate Lübeck.

USS Edward McDonnell was decommissioned on 30 September 1988, and struck from the Naval Register on 15 December 1992. She was moored at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard awaiting disposal. She was sold for scrapping on 25 July 1995, and scrapping was completed at PNSY by 21 August 2002. The scrap value of the ship was $842 per ton.