FLEMING DE 32

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Evarts Class Type GMT Destroyer Escort Keel Laid December 24 1942 as DE-271 Construction canceled February 23 1943 Name reassigned to DE-32 June 14 1943 Launched June 16 1943 USS FLEMING DE-32 Commissioned September 18 1943 - Decommissioned November 10 1945 Struck from Naval Register November 28 1945 Sold January 29 1948 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Locy Type 2z

1944-01-xx

"Thank You for the Cigarettes" card

 

Other Information

FLEMING received four battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars- WWII Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Richard Eugene Fleming USMCR (November 2 1917 - June 5 1942)
Fleming attended St. Thomas Academy and the University of Minnesota before enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserve for aviation training. He went through the AVCAD (Aviation Cadet Training) program at Wold-Chamberlain Field in Minneapolis and trained at Pensacola. He was sent to the Pacific and was at sea with the U.S. carrier task force during the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941. He went to Midway Island to help defend against the Japanese assault. On June 4 1942 led an attack on one of the three Japanese carriers sunk during the initial battle. On June 5 1942, he led a bombing attack on the Japanese cruiser MIKUMA near Midway. He died when his Vindicator aircraft was struck by the ship’s anti-aircraft fire. Both his bomb and the plane struck the Japanese ship, exploding and disabling it. Fleming was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

 

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