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USS Cromwell (DE-1014)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - C - S - G
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "West Haven"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Class: Dealey (As Built)      FY / SCB No.: 52/72
Displacement: 1314 tons (std), 1877 tons (full)    Dimensions: 314' 6"(oa), 308" (wl) x 36' 9" x 18' 0"
Armament: 4 x 3"/50 (2x2) Mk 33, 1 Mk 108 ASW rocket launcher, 6-324mm Mk 32 (2x3) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 De Laval geared turbine; 20,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots    Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 12 / 161

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME on 3 August 1953
Launched 20 August 1954, Commissioned 24 November 1954
Decommissioned (unknown), Stricken 5 July 1972

Fate: Scheduled for transfer to New Zealand, cancelled
Sold for scrapping 15 June 1973

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
85k	John Philip Cromwell (11 September 1901) was born in Henry, Illinois and appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1920. He graduated in June 1924 and served initially in USS *Maryland* (BB-46). In 1926, he attended submarine school and was assigned to USS *S-24* (SS 129) during 1927-29. He next had three year's diesel engineering instruction, followed by further tours of duty in submarines. Lieutenant Cromwell commanded USS *S-20* (SS-125) in 1936-37, then served on the staff of Commander Submarine Division 4. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in 1939 and spent two years at the Bureau of Engineering and Bureau of Ships. In May 1941, he became Engineer Officer for the Pacific Fleet submarine force. During 1942-43, he commanded Submarine Divisions 203, 44 and 43. Following promotion to Captain, he went to sea in USS *Sculpin* (SS-191) as prospective commander of a mid-Pacific submarine wolf pack. While attacking a Japanese convoy on 19 November 1943, *Sculpin* was forced to the surface, fatally damaged in a gun battle and abandoned by her surviving crew members. Captain Cromwell, who knew secret details of the impending operation to capture the Gilbert Islands, deliberately remained on board as she sank. For his sacrificial heroism in preventing the enemy from obtaining this information, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. USS *Cromwell* (DE-1014) was the first ship named in his honor. (US Navy photo #NH51733* from the US Naval Historical Center)*	Navsource
120k	undated	-
70k	Boston Harbor, April 1961	© Richard Leonhardt
185k	late 1960's: Naples Harbor, Italy (this photo was given to me by a shipmate from that time period, Lcdr John Foissett)	F. J. McLaughlin LCDR, USN (ret.)

Memorabilia
Matchbook Cover Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

The USS Cromwell (DE-1014), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

2009 Reunion for all Newport Based Dealeys
24 - 27 September 2009 at Norfolk VA

Chairman: Marc Arsenault
Address: 98 Oxbow Road / Charlton MA 01507
Phone: (508) 248-5072
E-mail: marc-a@charter.net
or
contact through Newport Dealey link below

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