USS FROST DE-144 |
THE SMALL DESTROYER, TWICE AS DEADLY here to add your text. |
DESTROYER ESCORT MOTTODdestroyer |
USS FROST comming along side USS CROATAN for amo & fuel 1944 North Atlantic.Click here to add your text. |
Shipmates Leary, Kerrigan and Musumeci on FROST fantail - Pacific - 1945 |
USS FROST homeward bound from Pearl Harbor - 1945. |
SHIPS BAND - FANTAIL FIVE Greg Eckholm, Chief McElfrish, A. J. Browning, John Brinkman and Alfred Chickini (Trombone). |
LOCATIONS of 5 U-Boats sunk by USS FROSTClic |
Stanley Monsky receives Bronze Star your text. |
Identity by U-Boat type sunk by USS FROST DE-144Click here |
USS FROST sank two MilkCows U-488 & U-490Click h |
U-880 & crew-- Commissioned 11 May, 1944Click here to |
U-880 - built in AG Weser, Bremem.Click here to add your text. Captain Gerhard Schotzau (bottom row seventh from the left). The U-880 & U-1235 along with their crews were lost, following engagements less than one hour apart with USS FROST on 16 April, 1945. N Atlantic, 520 miles E of Flemish Cap. |
U-880 Captain Oberleutnent Zur See Gerhard Schotzau, saluting alone on second deck - Bremem - 1944Click here to |
Paul R. Hoffmann, top row, forth from left. Went down with the U-880C(Photo taken withl U-290 crew.)k here to add your |
U-880 Guest Book with Captain Gerhard Schotzaus signature - bottom row centerClick here to add your text. |
U-490 & crew - at commissioning - March, 1943. - USS FROST sank U-490, 11 June, 1944. Rescued survivers. N Atlantic, NW of the Azores.lick here to add y |
U-490 First Officer Oberleutnant Zur See Karl Schulz, survivedh |
U-490 Maschinemaat Albert Quinten & wife |
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USS FROST - US ENSIGN flown during all WW II engagements against the enemyU |
WW II MEMORABILIAClick here to add your text. |
Photo of Florence & Warren (Soul Mates forever) |
U-490- built in Kiel. Captain Wilhelm Gerlach (center behind deck gun), on his right is 1st Officer Karl Schulz. The entire crew was rescued.Click here to add your text.UThe |
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USS FROST - Bridge gang Lt. (jg) Monsky seated center. |
USS FROST- Deck force 1st div. |
Beard contest - 1945. |
Happy to be alive - a U-490 survivor.Click here to add your text. |
Commander D E Div. 13 Frank D. Giambattista |
THE LONE SAILOR |
(Under his command not a single man was lost to the enemy.)Click |
U-154 and crew - commissioning Aug., 1941 - AG Weser, Bremen. Sunk 3 July, 1944 by USS FROST west of Madeira, PortugalClick here to add your text.A |
U-154 crew inspection - 1941Cl |
Life aboard the USS FROST DE-144 |
USS Croatan Captain John P. W. Vest talks with U-490 Oberleutnant Wilhelm Gerlach 26 June,1944 after transfer from the USS FROST. Click |
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Destroyer Escort on a depth charge run. Note the K- Gun projector flash. |
USS FROST - bow North Atlantic- 1944 |
Robert C. (Sparky) Jonesl Photo submittedi by daughter Elise byck here to add your xt. |
Bill CreechClick here to add your text. |
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Bruce RattsCli here to add y text. |
ClicHugh Johnsonk here to add your text. |
M. H. Stubblefield |
Robert CoatesCl |
Robert Holman |
Robert Simmons |
Robert Storrick |
Warren Kerrigan |
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Earl Brock. |
USS FROST REUNION |
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Robert Simmons - copies of the USS FROST Presidential Unit Citation and transmittal letter (lower right corner). On display at Heritage Hall museum- Marion, Ohio. |
USS FROST memorabilia aboard the USS SLATER Museum, Albany, N.Y. -- (PATRICIA PERRELLA SUBMITTED THIS NEW PHOTO OF OUR NEW LOCATION ABOARD THE USS SLATER -- THANK YOU PATRICIA. ) |
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Presidential Unit Citation, transmittal letter to all eligible USS FROST crew serving aboard during cited period. |
Elmer Kight Photo submitted by daughter Regina |
Kusch was in command of the U-154 from 02-43 to 01-44. Was then condemned to death by military tribunal and executed by a firing squard on 12 May, 1944. He was denounced by his I WO for defeatism. One real reason was that Kusch removed the mandatory picture of Hitler from the U-boat's officer's mess. Oblt. Gerth Gemeiner assumed command 01-44 and went down with the U-154 five months later. |
Clyde E. Dyer |
All U-880 photos above submitted by Karl Paul Hoffmann, Munich, Germany, son of Paul R. Hoffmann who went down with U-880. |
Above U-490 group photo submitted by Edward P. Winkelspecht (USS FROST). |
Above U-154 group photos submitted by Horst Bredow, U-Boot-Archiv, Cuxhaven, Germany. |
Lt(jg) William G. Diver receiving the LEGION OF MERIT |
Lt(jg) William G. Diver (right) after receiving the LEGION OF MERIT. Commodore Frank Giambattista (left). |
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William G Diver LEGION OF MERIT CITATION |
William L. Stokes |
Stan Monsky & Bill Diver incognito in Honolulu----1945. |
Seven Battle Stars |
LIBRARIES WITH "USS FROST: U-BOAT KILLER" CATALOGED 1.- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (CATALOG CARD NO. : 2003475335) WASHINGTON, DC 2.- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES'- NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY LIBRARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 3.- NAVY DEPARTMENT LIBRARY, NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER WASHINGTON, D.C. 4.- NIMITZ LIBRARY - U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD 5.- NAVAL WAR COLLEGE LIBRARY - NEWPORT, RI 6.- DUDLEY KNOX LIBRARY, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY, CA 7.- HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY - KINGWOOD BRANCH, KINGWOOD, TX 8.- MARION PUBLIC LIBRARY, MARION, OH 9.- CHARLEVOIX PUBLIC LIBRARY, CHARLEVOIX, MI |
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USS FROST SANK FIVE GERMAN U-BOATS |
USS FROST - Pacific - 1945 Photos submitted by Dan Johnson for Richard Ditty |
USS FROST (wake) with CORTDIV 13 North Atlantic 1944 |
NOTE: The 5 U-boat score on the side of the flying bridge. |
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Clayton J. BeltClick here to add your text. |
James R. LackeyClick here to add your text. |
George Callihan |
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LAT. 34-00N, LONG. 19-46W |
LAT. 42-47N, LONG. 40-08W |
LAT. 47-53N, LONG. 30-26W |
LAT. 17-54N, LONG. 38-05W |
4/26/44 |
6/11/44 |
7/3/44 |
4/15&16/45 |
9/11 |
GOD BLESS AMERICA |
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U-490 SURVIVOR |
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U-490 |
U-880 & U-1235 |
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Enlarged area around Flemish Cap |
Photos submitted by William Downs |
Spain websites |
THE "USS FROST: U-BOAT KILLER" HAS BEEN PURCHASED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: 1.- UNITED STATES 2.- SPAIN 3.- UNITED KINGDOM |
Type IXC/40 underway |
Type XIV (Milkcow) during refueling |
LAT. 42-47N, LONG.40-08W |
6/11/44 |
LAT. 47-53N, LONG.30-26W |
4/15&16/45 |
VISIT - THE CASE OF OSKAR KUSCH: REFLECTIONS ON A GERMAN TRAGEDY. By Eric C. Rust, Baylor University |
Bernard J. Slizewski Photo submitted by son Darrell |
SCALE 1/700 |
Walter C. Eaton Photo submitted by son Walter |
THIS WEBSITE VISITED BY |
LOST AT SEA WITH HONOR - 4/26/44 |
LAT. 17-54N LONG.38-05W |
LOST AT SEA WITH HONOR 4/16/45 |
LOST AT SEA WITH HONOR 4/15/45 |
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LAT. 47-53N LONG. 30-26W |
LOST AT SEA WITH HONOR 7/3/44 |
LAT. 34-00N LONG. 19-46W |
USS FROST DE-144 SKIPPERS Assumed Command 1. T. S. Lank-Lt. Comdr. 8/30/43 2. John H. McWhorter-Lt. Comdr.* 1/04/44 3. Andrew E. Ritchie-Lt. Comdr.* 8/15/44 4. Kedar B. Brown-Lt. 10/27/45 *Skippers in command during U- boat kills. |
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Requested by: Wolfgang Hechler - Lautertal, Germany. |
BY CARLOS BALLESTA |
USS FROST DE-144 Flagship of Cort Div 13 |
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HONOR |
Richard Coleman Photo submitted by grand-daughter Cindy Rinehardt |
Larry Kline Photo submitted by grand-son Jason Seidel |
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John J. Nunnery Photo submitted by son John Jr. |
USS FROST- proceeding to anchor in Pearl Harbor |
Photo submitted by John Nunnery Jr. |
WWII NAVY RECRUITMENT POSTER |
George Manning Photo submitted by daughter Martha Brown |
USS FROST QUILT by Martha Brown |
Jim Wintrode |
Synopsis of 5 U-Boats sunk by the USS FROST DE-144 |
George Wilson |
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Harry Maxwell |
John D. Byrd |
Lester Sain |
Luther Twist |
Sherman Tibbett |
Ted Tannick |
Emest Zimany |
Edward Winkelspecht |
PLEASE - ADJUST SOUND !! |
Robert W. McElfresh |
USS FROST-REUNION-RICHMOND, VA |
Carmine D'Alessandroi Photo submitted by son Joeck here |
USS Frost DE 144 New York Navy Yard, Jan. 5 1944 |
Chris Herold |
Harry F. Grant Photo submitted by son Eric |
U-490 RESCUED SURVIVORS |
LAT. 42-47N LONG. 40-08W |
Thomas R.Stevenson Photo submitted by brother Gerald |
Samuel Bambino Photo submitted by daugther Marie |
Jack Dittler |
USS FROST S-DIVISION |
USS FROST BRIDGE GANG |
USS FROST- DECK FORCE 2ND DIV. |
USS FROST GUNNERS - O DIVISION |
USS FROST OFFICERS - Capt. Ritchie seated center |
Clem Herman |
Albert W. Kolb |
Clayton Little Photo submitted by daughter Patricia |
U-880 shipmates - Udo Uhde (right), Captain Schotzau (center) and Finthammer (left). |
Photo submitted by Reinhart Uhde, Hamburg, Germany, son of Udo Uhde. |
Robert P. Effler Photo submitted by grandson Neil. |
William R. FowlerClicke tPhoto submitted by son Cliff. |
