MANNERT L ABELE DD 733
Ship Name and Designation History
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Keel Laid December 9 1943 - Launched April 23 1944 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1944)
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1944-12-18
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Mark from back of cover
Other Information
MANNERT L. ABELE received two battle stars for World War II service
NAMESAKE - Mannert Lincoln Abele USN (July 11 1903 - August 30 1942)
Abele enlisted in the Navy August 12 1920; was appointed Midshipman in June 1922; and was commissioned Ensign June 3 1926 following graduation from the Naval Academy. He completed training at the Submarine Base, New London, Conn., in 1929; and, prior to America’s entry into World War II, he commanded Submarines USS R-13 and USS S-31. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander December 1 1940, he assumed command of USS GRUNION SS-216 at her commissioning April 11 1942 and took her out of Pearl Harbor June 30 on her first and only war patrol. GRUNION steamed to the western Aleutians where from July 15-30 she sank two 300-ton patrol boats, heavily damaged a third, and twice escaped enemy depth charge attacks. Because of intensive antisubmarine activity off Kiska Island, she was ordered to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, July 30. She did not arrive and was reported missing and presumed lost August 16. Her loss remains a mystery, whether from operational causes or from a successful but unrecorded enemy attack. For extraordinary heroism during an aggressive war patrol, Lt. Comdr. Abele was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross
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