Hull Number: DE-134
Launch Date: 01/12/1943
Commissioned Date: 06/25/1943
Decommissioned Date: 05/17/1946
Call Sign: NQCD
Class: EDSALL
EDSALL Class
Namesake: JOHN POPE
JOHN POPE
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, August 2015
John Pope, born 17 December 1798 in Sandwich, Mass., was appointed midshipman from Maine 30 May 1816. Prior to the Civil War, he served in the Mediterranean, West Indian, Brazil, African and East India Squadrons. From 1 July to 24 October 1861, he was attached to the Gulf Squadron commanding Richmond. He participated in the search for CSS Sumter in the West Indies while on his way to join the Gulf Blockading Squadron, assisted in the blockade of the passes of the Mississippi and took part in the engagement with Confederate States’ vessels at the Head of Passes 12 October 1861. He was relieved at his own request on account of ill health, was later promoted to commodore 16 July 1862 and then retired. He died 14 January 1876 in Dorchester, Mass.
Disposition:
USS Pope was decommissioned on 17 May 1946 at Green Cove Springs, Florida, and then she entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, where she remained into 1970 when she was scrapped.