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| USN Cannon-class destroyer escort 1,240 Tons (standard) 1,620 Tons (full) 306' x 36' 10" x 11' 8" 3 x 3" 50 cal guns 8 x 20mm cannons 2 x 21" torpedo tubes 1 x Hedgehog mortar 8 x depth charge projectors 2 x depth charge racks  USN August 22, 1945 |
Ship History Built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, NJ. Laid down October 19, 1942 as Cannon-class destroyer escort. Launched March 28, 1943 as USS Levy (DE-162) named for Commodore Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862) sponsored by Mrs. Charles Mathoff, niece of Commodore Levy. Commissioned May 13, 1943 in the U.S. Navy (USN). Afterwards, underwent a shakedown cruise off Bermuda. Wartime History Afterwards, Levy departs via the Panama Canal bound for the South Pacific. On August 19, 1943 arrives in the Society Islands and screens and escorts oilers in the region. On April 13, 1944 supports the landing at Hollandia followed by strikes against Truk, Satawan and Ponape. On June 12, 1944 screened for oilers during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. During August 1944 escorted Task Group 30.8 (TG 30.8) that supported the 3rd Fleet during operations in the Caroline Islands and Leyte in the Philippines. On November 20, 1944 escorts a convoy from Ulithi to rendezvous with the fast carrier force and engaged Japanese planes that attacked the formation. On November 24, 1944 departs Eniwetok bound for the west coast. On December 8, 1944 arrives San Diego for an overhaul over the next month. In early March 1945 returned to the Pacific and resumed escort and anti-submarine duty. In the last months of the Pacific War, blockaded and conducted shore bombardment of the Marshall Islands and rescued a boat of natives that fled Jaluit. On August 22, 1945 Captain Harold B. Grow, Atoll Commander, Majuro, accepts the surrender of the Japanese garrison of Mille Atoll by Captain Masanori Shiga, the first Japanese garrison to capitulate in the Pacific, eleven days before the formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945. Postwar On September 17, 1945 departs the Pacific via San Francisco and the Panama Canal bound for the east coast. On November 15, 1945 assigned to the St. John's River Group, 16th Fleet in Green Cove Springs, Florida, and placed in commission, in reserve. On April 4, 1947 decommissioned and berthed in Norfolk, VA as part of the Atlantic Inactive Fleet. On August 2, 1973 struck from the Navy. Fate On July 17, 1974 sold to Boston Metals Company in Baltimore, Maryland and broken up for scrap. Awards For her World War II service, Levy earned five battle stars. References Navy History and Heritage Command (NHHC) - USS Levy (DE-162) NavSource - USS Levy (DE-162) Contribute
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