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USS Le Ray Wilson
USS ''LeRay Wilson'' (DE-414) was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war she returned home with four battle stars to her credit. Namesake LeRay Wilson was born on 4 February 1920 at Cove, Oregon. He enlisted in the United States Navy on 8 February 1939. Assigned to the on 14 June 1940, Wilson was on the seaplane tender in Malalog Bay in the Philippines when the Empire of Japan, Japanese attacked American ships there on the morning of 8 December 1941. He remained on the ship throughout the succeeding months while American ships fought to hold back the enemy advance toward Australia. Japanese bombers caught up with the ''William B. Preston'' at Bombing of Darwin, Darwin Australia on 19 February 1942. Despite the rapidity with which the attack developed and the very obvious danger of being trapped by an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Shipbuilding
The Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1942 as a subsidiary of Brown and Root (now KBR) by brothers Herman and George R. Brown to build ships for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Brown Shipbuilding Company ranked 68th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. In 1941, Navy officials asked the Brown brothers to build four submarine chasers. The brothers had no shipbuilding experience, but had helped build Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. In 1942, the brothers formed Brown Shipbuilding and, with $9 million in Navy funding, built the Green's Bayou Fabrication Yard at the juncture of the Houston Ship Channel and Green's Bayou. After delivering the ships, Brown received orders for landing craft and more sub chasers, and eventually won an order for destroyer escorts at $3.3 million per ship. Between May 1943 and August 1944, Brown turned out 61 destroyer escorts, an average of one per week. Perhaps the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
