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USS Frament (DE-677 / APD-77)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - P - Y

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal

Class: Buckley      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 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: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy MA on 1 May 1943
Launched 28 June 1943, Commissioned 15 August 1943
Converted and Reclassified APD-77, 15 December 1944
Recommissioned March 1945, Decommissioned 30 May 1946
Stricken 1 January 1960

Fate: To Ecuador as power hulk July 1961

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
55k	Paul Stanley Frament was born 4 February 1919 at Cohoes, N.Y. He graduated from Keveny Memorial Academy before entering Albany College of Pharmacy and graduating in 1939. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve 29 December 1941 soon after Pearl Harbor and in January 1942, reported for training as a pharmacist’s mate. He was posted to the First Marine Division being organized for the Solomon’s invasion. He landed in the first wave on 7 August 1942. Frament’s battalion was engaged in an offensive action 3 November 1942. During the fighting he rushed to a Marine and tended his wounds while ignoring the Japanese snipers shooting at him. Later in the battle, he ignored mortar fire to provide aid to other wounded men and in doing so was knocked unconscious by a close explosion. He was evacuated to the rear but the following morning secured his own release and returned to his unit. Frament was again under fire tending wounded on 10 November. Two days later he was wounded by naval gunfire and died of his wounds on 19 November 1942. Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Frament was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his fearless devotion to duty in tending Marines on Guadalcanal while under fire. USS *Frament* (DE-677) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Dennis B. Worthen, PhD, Lloyd Scholar; University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy)	Bill Gonyo
127k	1944: As DE-677	William J. Mennel
73k	undated wartime image (Photo courtesy of Dr. Dennis B. Worthen, PhD, Lloyd Scholar; University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy)	Bill Gonyo

View the USS Frament (DE-677), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Crew Contact: Mike Lydon
Address: 11 Woodland Road / Concord, MA 01742
Phone: (978) 257-6502
E-mail: mikelydon@verizon.net

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