USS Bearss (DD-654)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bearss (DD-654) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Brigadier General Hiram I. Bearss (1875-1938), USMC, who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Philippine-American War. Bearss was launched 25 July 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. Louise Bearss, widow of General Bearss; and commissioned 12 April 1944, Commander J. A. Webster in command. Bearss reported to the Pacific Fleet and operated in Hawaiian waters during July 1944. On 9 August 1944, she arrived at Adak, Alaska, and se...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bearss (DD-654) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Brigadier General Hiram I. Bearss (1875-1938), USMC, who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Philippine-American War. Bearss was launched 25 July 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. Louise Bearss, widow of General Bearss; and commissioned 12 April 1944, Commander J. A. Webster in command. Bearss reported to the Pacific Fleet and operated in Hawaiian waters during July 1944. On 9 August 1944, she arrived at Adak, Alaska, and served with Task Force 92 (TF 92) and TF 94 in anti-shipping sweeps and bombardments in the Kuril Islands, as well as patrolling in the Sea of Okhotsk until the end of the war. She took part in the bombardments of Matsuwa (21 November 1944, 16 March, and 11-12 June 1945), Suribachi Wan (5 January and 19 May 1945); Kurabu Wan (18 February 1945); and the anti-shipping sweeps (19 May, 25 June, 17-19, 22 July, and 11 August 1945). Bearss arrived at Ominato, Honsh , 8 September 1945 and patrolled along the southern coast of Hokkaid until returning to the United States.
