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Ellyson (DMS-19)

Call sign:
November - India - Hotel - Zulu

ex-DD-454

Ellyson served the Navies of the United States, Japan and the Republic of China.

Benson Class Destroyer/Ellyson Class Highspeed Minesweeper: Laid down 2 December 1940 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ; Launched 25 July 1941; Commissioned USS Ellyson (DD-454), 28 November 1941; Reclassified and converted to Highspeed Minesweeper, DMS-19, 15 November 1944; Reclassified back to a Destroyer, DD-454, 4 May 1954; Decommissioned, 19 October 1954; Struck from the Naval Register and transferred to Japan 20 October 1954 as Asakaze (DD 181); Decommissioned in October 1969; Returned to U.S. custody in December 1969; Transferred to Taiwan in October 1970. Did not enter active service with Taiwan's navy, but was retained for spares and repair needs. Used as a prop in a 1976 Taiwanese naval action film and sunk as part of a 'sea battle' action scene.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt); Length 348' 3"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 13' 9"; Speed 38 kts; Complement 272; Armament three 5"/38 dual purpose mounts and two quad 40mm mounts; Propulsion four Babcock and Wilcox boilers, two 50,000shp General Electric geared turbines, De Laval double reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Ellyson (DD 454)
	117k	27 November 1941 Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ. National Archives photo 19-N-26265A	Joe Radigan.
USS Ellyson (DMS 19)
	95k	c. 1944.	.
	77k	Steaming off Boston, MA, 17 December 1944 NARA Photo 80-G-382792	USS LCS(L)3 1-130 Association
	42k	Steaming off Boston, MA, 17 December 1944 NARA Photo 80-G-382791	USS LCS(L)3 1-130 Association
	87k	27 August 1945 Ellyson (DMS-19) high-lining Sr Lt M. Ito, IJNR to Revenge (AM 110) in preparation for entry into and minesweeping of Tokyo Bay the next day.	Destroyers Online
	64k	U.S. Navy photo from the February 1957 edition of All Hands	Joe Radigan
Asakaze (DD 181)
	28k	c. 1966	Robert Hurst

View the Ellyson (DMS-19)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Destroyer Pages, USS Ellyson (DD-454)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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