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USS Dennis (DE 405)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - V - R

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon - Presidential Unit Citation
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal w/4 stars - WWII Victory Medal

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 15 September 1943
Launched 4 December 1943, Commissioned 20 March 1944
Decommissioned 31 May 1946, Stricken 1 December 1972

Fate: sold for scrapping 12 September 1973

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
41k	Otis Lee Dennis (25 March 1913 - 1 February 1942) - RM3c Otis Dennis was killed in action when the plane piloted by LT(jg) Carleton "Misty" Fogg (for whom DE 57 was named) was shot down during the Scouting Six strike from the USS Enterprise on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.	Ann Dennis
40k	undated wartime image	-
107k	20 December 1944: San Francisco CA	Pieter Bakels Wehl, The Netherlands
100k	20 December 1944: San Francisco CA	Pieter Bakels Wehl, The Netherlands
90k	20 December 1944: San Francisco CA	Pieter Bakels Wehl, The Netherlands

View the USS Dennis (DE 405), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

View the Adm. Clifton Sprague and Task Unit 77.4.3 Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of Vice Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague and the 13 ships and 7,300 men of Task Unit 77.4.3,
also known as "Taffy 3," which were under his command during the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 during the Battle for Leyte Gulf.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Percell L. Worley
Address: 200 West Ave. / Hanover PA 17331-1862

Note About Contacts

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made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists or rosters available. Please see the Frequently Asked
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USS Dennis Memorial Page
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