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USS Huse (DE-145)


N - X - R - Q
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Applegate"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Expeditionary Medal - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Ribbon w/ 5 stars - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star


Class: Edsall      Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots   Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 11 January 1943, Launched 23 March 1943
Commissioned 30 August 1943, Decommissioned 27 March 1946
Recommissioned 3 August 1951
Assigned to NRT, 8th Naval District at New Orleans LA 6 July 1960
Decommissioned June 1965, Stricken 1 August 1973

Fate: Sold for scrapping 11 June 1974

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Huse 142k Artist's conception of Huse by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett, with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company, Navy Yard Associates, offers prints of most destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. ALL the destroyer escorts ARE available in their WWII configuration. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. When you purchase artwork from them, please indicate that you heard about their work from Navsource. Navy Yard Associates
Huse 176k Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse (8 December 1858 - 14 May 1942) was born at the US Military Academy, West Point NY, where his father was then stationed. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in June 1878 and had extensive service at sea over the next decade, plus duty ashore, notably at the Naval Academy. During the 1898 war with Spain Lt. Huse was XO of the gunboat Gloucester. In the early 1900s Lcdr Huse was stationed in the Philippines, where he commanded the gunboat Villalobos. This was followed by nearly five years at the Naval Academy as, among other things, instructor of mathematics.

Promoted to the rank of Commander in 1907, Huse was CO of the monitor Nevada and later the supply ship Celtic. After his promotion to Captain in 1909, he was Captain of the Yard at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, commanded the battleship Vermont, attended the Naval War College and, in 1914-1915, was Chief of Staff to Radm. Frank Friday Fletcher. As a result of his conduct during the landings at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914, Captain Huse was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Huse reached the Rank of Rear Admiral in mid-1916, while at the War College. He held Navy Department positions through the World War I years, followed in 1919 by command of the Atlantic Training Fleet. From late 1919 to early 1921 he served as senior US Navy representative on the Allied Naval Armistice Commission and the Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control, then as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters. After returning to the United States he was Commandant of the Third Naval District, headquartered at New York City, and as a member of the Navy's General Board. Radm. Huse retired in December 1922, later receiving the retirement rank of Vice Admiral. A Washington, DC resident for the rest of his life, Vadm. Huse died at Bethesda Naval Hospital on 14 May 1942. DE 145 was named in his honor. (US Naval Historical Center Photo #NH1207)
Fred Weiss
Huse 120k 12 December 1944: the Atlantic Ocean - Huse operating with an escort carrier. (US Navy photo #80-G-350736 from the US Naval Historical Center) Fred Weiss
Huse 74k circa mid-50s: location unknown - highline transfer from Brough (DE-148) to Huse. William T. Bullard
Huse 89k 1950’s: Huse in harbor (US Navy photo #NHC 82337-KN from the US Naval Historical Center) Fred Weiss
Huse 35k March 1962: Key West Naval Annex © Fred Weiss
Huse 95k date / location unknown Robert Hurst

View the USS Huse (DE-145), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: David Perlstein, Treasurer, USS Huse (DE-145) Association
Address: 7814 La Mirada Drive / Boca Raton FL 33433
Phone: (561) 368-7167
E-mail: David Perlstein

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