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USS Day (DE-225)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - B - D

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star

Specifications:
Class: Rudderow
Type: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (light), 1,810 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 13' 9" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 Mk30, 4 - 40mm Mk1 AA (2x2), 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Complement: 12 / 192

Day (DE 225) Building and Operational Data:

15 July 1943: Keel laid by the Philadelphia Navy Yard

14 October 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Katherine Day, youngest sister of Chief Water Tender Day

10 June 1944: Commissioned, Cmdr. K. E. Read in command, assigned to the Atlantic Fleet

01 November 1944: Transferred to the Pacific 7th Fleet

09 January 1946: Transferred to the Pacific 19th Reserve Fleet

16 May 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego after 1 year and 11 months of service, having steamed 83,283 miles

12 July 1946: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet

30 June 1968: Struck from the NVR

01 March 1969: Sunk as target off San Clemente Island, Cal.
Interesting Note: Day had two crewmembers who had to be sent home, one at age 14, and one at age 15.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0622501	51k	Francis Daniel Day, the son of William Day, was born on 25 July 1904 in Millburn, N.J. Growing up with his brother and four sisters, he enlisted in the Navy at the age of twenty on 12 January 1925. Navy life agreed with Day and he decided this would be his career as he moved up the ranks to become a Chief Watertender. On 07 December 1941, Day was assigned to the battleship USS *Oklahoma* (BB 37), which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. When the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. *Oklahoma* sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including CWT Day. Chief Water Tender Day was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his self-sacrifice in risking his life to assist 15 of the crew to escape from a flooded compartment through a submerged porthole. From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries, many unidentified. Between June and November 2015, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency personnel exhumed the USS *Oklahoma* Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis. To identify Day’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis was used to identify Day’s remains. Day’s niece, Lynne Werner, provided a DNA sample to the DPAA, along with her daughter. The remains of Chief Watertender Day were reinterred at the Honolulu Memorial Cemetery in the Courts of the Missing, Court 5 (Recovered). USS *Day* (DE 225) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo from The Official Web Site of the USS Oklahoma BB-37 thanks to Kevin King)	Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
0622502	111k	undated wartime image	-
0622503	79k	undated wartime image	Scott Doremus CMSgt, USAF Photos from Scott's Uncle, John P. Doremus, USS Day 1944 - 1945
0622504	112k	starboard view taken while anchored at Subic Bay PI
0622505	135k	another starboard view at Subic Bay PI
0622506	60k	bow view at anchor in Subic Bay PI
0622507	68k	closeup bow view in drydock at Subic Bay PI
0622508	77k	closeup bow view in drydock at Subic Bay PI
0622509	76k	closeup view of screws and rudders in drydock at Subic Bay PI
0622510	61k	stern view of drydock at Subic Bay PI
0622511	85k	back at sea
0622512	35k	undated: USS *Day* taking on ammunition at the Fort Mifflin Annex of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
0622513	42k	motor whale-boat from USS *Day*
0622514	36k	date / location unknown: *Day* anchored.
0622515	360k	1946: San Francisco Bay - USS *Day* (DE 225) with the Oakland - San Francisco Bridge in the background. (U.S. Navy Photo from the collections of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum

USS Day Memorabilia
News Article Day's Loss Courtesy of Mike Smolinski	News Article USS Day Launch Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Day History
View the Day (DE 225) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Day as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Day's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves, & Russ Moody

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 10 Jun. 1944 - 15 Nov. 1945	Cmdr. Kendall E. Read, USNR (Comm. CO) (Cynwyd, Pa.)
2.) 16 Nov. 1945 - 16 Feb. 1946	Lcdr. Richard Albert Cutter, USNR
3.) 16 Feb. 1946 - 16 May 1946	Lcdr. John Forster Collingwood, USNR (Decomm. CO) (North Bend, Wa.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: John Farrence
Address: 1301 Parrott Ave.
City/State: Scranton PA
Phone: (570) 347-3115

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