DE-272 - Tin Can Sailors

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Hull Number: DE-272

Launch Date: 06/04/1943

Class: EVARTS

EVARTS Class

Namesake: WILLIAM BACON LOVERING

WILLIAM BACON LOVERING

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016

Born 3 August 1913 at Nahant, Mass., William Bacon Lovering graduated from Harvard and on 2 August 1940 enlisted in the Naval Reserve. Appointed a midshipman 22 November, in Illinois- Naval Reserve Midshipmen-s School, he was commissioned an ensign 28 February 1941 and assigned to the destroyer Hammann (DD‑412). Ensign Lovering died during the Battle of Midway when Hammann was torpedoed and sunk 6 June 1942 while aiding in the salvage of Yorktown (CV‑5).

Disposition:

On 14 June 1943 her name was canceled. Leased to Great Britain 18 September 1943. She was sunk by a torpedo from U‑358 on 1 March 1944.

Ship History

USS LOVERING DE-272 Ship History

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016

Lovering (DE‑272) was laid down 23 April 1942 by the Boston Navy Yard; launched 4 June 1943 and sponsored by Mrs. Joseph S. Lovering, sister‑in‑law of Ens. W. B. Lovering. Shortly after the launching of Lovering, It was decided to lease her to Great Britain, so on 14 June 1943 her name was canceled. Leased to Great Britain 18 Sep.. tember 1943, the ship was commissioned on the same day as HMS Gould (K‑476), Lt. Comdr. Henry Rowle, RNR, in command. She spent her short life by escorting convoys to and from Great Britain and it was during one of these voyages that she was sunk by a torpedo from U‑358 on 1 March 1944.