| 词条 | USS Samuel S. Miles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She was laid down on 5 July 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newark, New Jersey; launched on 3 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Samuel S. Miles; and commissioned on 4 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. George B. Coale in command. HistoryWorld War II Pacific Theatre operationsFollowing shakedown off Bermuda, Samuel S. Miles departed New York City, on 30 December 1943, and steamed via the Panama Canal to the Marshall Islands, arriving on 19 February 1944. Serving as an escort ship in the Marshall Islands area, she protected fleet oilers during fast carrier air strikes against the Caroline Islands and the Hollandia, New Guinea, area in April. Shoots down three Japanese planes, sinks one submarineNext she guarded oilers during the capture of Saipan and Tinian, and splashed two enemy planes on 18 June. She supported the Leyte and Luzon, Philippine Islands, campaigns in late 1944 and early 1945. Samuel S. Miles sank {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-177||2|up=yes}} near the Palau Islands on 3 October. After guarding the invasion force at Iwo Jima in February, she screened the bombardment group that pounded Okinawa, where she destroyed one enemy plane on 27 March. Targeted by a kamikazeA kamikaze near-miss killed one of her crew members (Robert Cecil Allen) on 11 April, and damaged some of her equipment. After screening escort carriers operating north of Okinawa, she sailed to the West Coast in July. Post-War decommissioningAfter overhaul, she sailed via the Panama Canal to Norfolk, Virginia, arriving on 21 October. Reaching St. Johns River, Florida, on 8 November 1945, she was decommissioned and entered the Reserve Fleet on 28 March 1946.[3] Samuel S. Miles was transferred to France under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program on 12 August 1950.[4] and was renamed Arabe, with the pennant number F 717.[5] She was formally struck from the US Navy List on 26 September 1950.[3] She was stricken from French service in 1958.[5]{{#tag:ref|Jane's Fighting Ships says that Arabe was formally stricken from French service in 1960,[6] while Friedman claims the ship was broken up in 1968.[7]|group=lower-alpha}} AwardsSamuel S. Miles received eight battle stars for World War II service. See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/183.htm| title=USS Samuel S. Miles (DE 183) | publisher=Navsource.org | accessdate=April 23, 2015}} {{Reflist}}{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/samuel-s-miles.html}}2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/samuel-s-miles.html | title=Samuel S. Miles | publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command | accessdate=April 25, 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite DANFS|title=Samuel S. Miles (DE-183)|url= https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/samuel-s-miles.html|accessdate=31 January 2019}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=USS Samuel S. Miles (DE 183)|website=Navsource online|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/183.htm |accessdate=31 January 2019}} 5. ^1 {{Harvnb|Gardiner|Chumbley|1995|p=116}} 6. ^{{Harvnb|Blackman|1960|p=156}} 7. ^{{Harvnb|Friedman|1982|p=461}}
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