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USS Tomich (DE 242)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Y - I - C

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 - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Edsall
Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1200 tons (light), 1590 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 20' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots
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
Complement: 8 / 201

Tomich (DE 242) Building and Operational Data:

15 September 1942: Keel laid by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.

28 December 1942: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. O. L. Hammonds

27 July 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr H. A. Hull in command

20 September 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla.

1 November 1972: Stricken from the NVR

18 January 1974: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	8k	Peter Tomich was born on 3 June 1893 at Prolog, Austria, in what later became Yugoslavia. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy in January 1919, he initially served in the destroyer *Litchfield* . By 1941, he had become a Chief Watertender on board the training and target ship *Utah. When that ship was torpedoed during Japan's 7 December 1941 raid on Pearl Harbor, Tomich was on duty in a boiler room. As Utah* began to capsize, he remained below, securing the boilers and making certain that other men escaped, and so lost his life. For his "distinguished conduct and extraordinary courage" at that time, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Since Peter Tomich was an immigrant, his next-of-kin could never be found, and his medal resided aboard USS *Tomich* until her decommissioning. This link tells The Saga Of Chief Watertender Peter Tomich's Medal Of Honor. USS *Tomich* (DE 242) (1943-1946) was the first ship named in his honor. (U.S. Navy photo #NH 79953* from the Naval History and Heritage Command)*		Navsource
	63k	undated wartime image		-

View the USS Tomich (DE 242) DANFS history entry
located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Harold Roth
Address: RR1 Box 136 / Kampsville IL 62053
Phone: (618) 576-2606
E-mail: Harold Roth

Note About Contacts
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Additional Resources

Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Tomich
The Destroyer History Foundation

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