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USS Richey (DE 385)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - H - U - S

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star
Third Row: World War II Victory Medal - Korean Service Medal (USCG Service) - United Nations Korean Service Medal (USCG Service)

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

Richey (DE 385) Building and Operational Data:

19 April 1943: Keel laid at the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.

30 June 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Lee (Jane) Richey, the widow of Ensign Richey

30 October 1943: Commissioned at Houston, Tex. by Cap't DeWitt C. Redgrave, USN, representing Com8th ND; Cmdr. Petros D. Mills, USCG, in command

..January 1947: Decommissioned after 3 years and 3 months of service

01 April 1952: Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned as WDE 485

June 1954: Decommissioned after 2 years and 2 months of service

30 June 1968: Struck from the NVR with a total of 5 years and 5 months of service

July 1969: Sunk as a target off California

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
(0638504)	287k	undated wartime image	Glenn Indovina
(0638505)	28k	Glenn's Dad, USCG Chief Commissaryman Anthony J. Indovina IV (1925 - 1984)
(0638506)	397k	wartime crew photos (top left: Richey's officer complement; top right: Supply Dep't, Glenn's Dad is to the left of the Supply Officer; bottom left: Communications Division; and bottom right: First Division, the ship's deck force)
(0638503)	106k	undated wartime image	David Buell
(0638502)	301k	undated image while in Coast Guard service (Glenn's brother, James, served in her during this period)	Glenn Spain in honor of his brother James D. Spain
(0638507)	267k	circa 1960: San Diego, Cal. - U .S. Navy Reserve Fleet ships berthed at Naval Base San Diego, California. Ships include (l-r): USS *Charles J. Kimmel* (DE 584), USS *Richey* (DE 385), USS *Bivin* (DE 536), USS *Gillette* (DE 681) and USS *Bull* (APD 78) (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 72678 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Richey History
View the USS Richey (DE 385) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Richey as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Richey's Commanding Officers

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 30 Oct. 1943 - .. July 1944	Cmdr. Petros (Peter) D. Mills, USCG (Jackson, Tenn.)
2.) .. July 1944 - 24 Dec. 1944	Cmdr. John Herman Forney, USCG (New London, Conn.)
3.) 24 Dec. 1944 -	Lcdr. Roger J. Auge, USCG (Covington, Ken.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Richey

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