USS Ebert (DE-768)

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USS Ebert (DE-768) underway in the North Atlantic on 3 January 1945 (80-G-301384).jpg
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Ebert
NamesakeHilan Ebert
Builder Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida
Laid down1 April 1943
Launched11 May 1944
Commissioned12 July 1944
Decommissioned14 June 1946
Stricken7 March 1951
IdentificationDE-768
FateTransferred to Greece, 1 March 1951
Flag of Greece.svgGreece
NameIerax
Acquired1 March 1951
Stricken1991
IdentificationD31
FateSunk as target, July 2002
General characteristics
Class and type Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard
  • 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full
Length
  • 306 ft (93 m) o/a
  • 300 ft (91 m) w/l
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Propulsion4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement15 officers and 201 enlisted
Armament

USS Ebert (DE-768) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. In 1951, she was transferred to Greece, where she served as Ierax (D31) until 1991. She was finally sunk as a target in 2002.

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Namesake

Hilan Ebert was born on 21 March 1903 in Alliance, Ohio. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1926 and served in various billets afloat and ashore until assigned to USS Northampton on 29 April 1942. Lieutenant Commander Ebert was killed on 30 November 1942 when his ship was torpedoed in the Battle of Tassafaronga off Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

History

United States Navy (1944-1951)

Ebert was launched on 11 May 1944 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Hilan Ebert, widow of Lieutenant Commander Ebert; and commissioned on 12 July 1944.

Ebert guarded the passage of convoys carrying men and supplies vital to victory in Europe, to ports in Great Britain and France, between 6 October 1944 and 14 May 1945, then returned to New York City to prepare for duty in the Pacific.[ citation needed ]

She sailed on 8 June for Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, and the Philippines. She escorted convoys carrying occupation troops to Japan, until 30 November when she left Manila for the United States.

Hellenic Navy (1951-2002)

Ierax in Amsterdam, 1958 Aankomst Griekse fregat Idrax te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 909-7641.jpg
Ierax in Amsterdam, 1958

Ebert was placed out of commission in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 14 June 1946. Towed to Boston, Massachusetts, in November 1950, Ebert was transferred to Greece on 1 March 1951 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.

She served in the Greek Navy as Ierax (D31) (Hawk), and was stricken in 1991. In January 1998, reports emerged that she was laid up in terminal reserve at the port of Souda, in Crete. Ierax was sunk as part of a Naval exercise (combination of Penguin missile and torpedo attack) in July 2002. Ierax now rests on the seabed of the Aegean Sea close to the island of Crete, at a depth of 950 meters (3,120 ft), located at 35°56.5′N24°25.1′E / 35.9417°N 24.4183°E / 35.9417; 24.4183 .

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