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USS Miller (DE-1091)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - D - I - K
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2)
Second Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - CG Special Operations Service Ribbon
Class: Knox (As Built)      FY / SCB No.: 64/199C
Displacement: 3020 tons (std), 4065 tons (full)    Dimensions: 438'(oa), 415" (wl) x 46' 9" x 24' 9"
Armament: 1 x 5"/54 Mk 42, 1 ASROC Mk16 (16 missiles), 4-324mm Mk 32 (4x1 fixed) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 CE 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots    Range: 4,500 nm @ 20 knots    Crew: 13 / 211
Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air), AN/SPS-58 threat warning in some ships
Sonars: AN/SQS-26CX, AN/SQS-35 IVDS in FF-1052, 1056, 1063-1071, 1073-1076, 1078-1097
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA on 6 August 1971
Launched 3 June 1972, Commissioned 30 June 1973
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1091) on 30 June 1975
Assigned to Naval Reserve Force, Atlantic, at Newport RI January 1982
Decommissioned 15 October 1991, Stricken 11 January 1995
Fate: Grant aid to Turkey as parts hulk 31 December 1998
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Miller 45k Doris ("Dorie") Miller (12 October 1919 - 24 November 1943) was born in Waco, Texas and enlisted in the Navy in September 1939 as a Mess Attendant Third Class. On 7 December 1941, while serving aboard USS West Virginia (BB-48), he distinguished himself with courageous conduct and devotion to duty during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on this occasion.

Doris Miller served aboard USS Indianapolis (CA-35) from December 1941 to May 1943. He was then assigned to the escort carrier Liscome Bay (CVE-56). Cook Third Class Miller was lost with that ship when she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on 24 November 1943, during the invasion of the Gilbert Islands.

USS Miller, DE-1091, was the first ship named in his honor.

(US Navy photo #80-G-408456 from the US Naval Historical Center)		 Bill Gonyo
Miller 79k 27 November 1973: Cape Henry VA - Port view of USS Miller (DE-1091) passing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. (US Navy Photo, National Archives #K-101952) -
Miller 109k 20 May 1974: Cape Henry VA - Starboard bow view of Miller underway. (US Navy Photo, National Archives #K-103414) -
Miller 70k May 1976: in the Mediterranean Sea - Port bow close-up view of Miller underway. © Richard Leonhardt
Miller 96k May 1976: in the Mediterranean Sea - Port view of Miller underway. © Richard Leonhardt
Miller 151k 29 June 1981: The U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, destroyer tender USS Puget Sound (AD-38), tends the guided missile cruiser USS Wainwright (CG-28), the destroyer USS Thorn (DD-998) and the frigate Miller during a 12-day upkeep period. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-02161 by PH1 Douglas P. Tesner from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
**Connole / Miller** 108k 1 September 1982: NavSta Newport RI - Stern view of the frigates USS Connole (FF-1056) and Miller moored side-by-side in port. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-01228 by PH1 Paul J. Salesi from the DVIC) Navsource
Miller 105k 1 February 1991: A port beam view of Miller underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-91-05244 from the DVIC) Navsource
Miller Memoribilia
Ship's Plaque
Miller
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Miller
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The USS Miller (DE-1091), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site is not presently available.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
Note About Contacts

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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
USS Miller Page on Destroyers Online
USS Miller Page on Military.Com
USS Miller Page on Navysite
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