Hull Number: DE-75
Launch Date: 07/26/1943
Class: BUCKLEY
BUCKLEY Class
Namesake: GEORGE RAYMOND EISELE
GEORGE RAYMOND EISELE
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, July 2015
George Raymond Eisele, born 15 May 1923 in Gillette, Wyo., enlisted in the Naval Reserve 4 February 1942. Seaman Second Class Eisele was killed in action on board San Francisco (CA-38) 12 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal when a flaming Japanese torpedo plane crashed into his gunnery station. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for courageously remaining at his post to fire on the plane as it fell toward him.
Disposition:
To Britain