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USS Thomas (ii) (DE 102)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 102 
Built byDravo Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Jan, 1943 
Launched31 Jul, 1943 
Commissioned21 Nov, 1943 
End service13 Mar, 1947 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 13 March 1947.
Stricken 22 December 1948.
Transferred to China 14 December 1948 being renamed Tai Ho.
Tai Ho escaped to Taiwan with Nationalist forces in 1949.
Tai Ho was stricken in 1972 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Thomas (ii) include:

1 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-709 was sunk north of the Azores, in approximate position 49º10'N, 26º00'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Thomas, USS Bostwick and USS Bronstein. (see map)

5 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-233 was sunk south-east of Halifax, in position 42º16'N, 59º49'W by ramming, depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer escorts USS Baker and USS Thomas. (see map)

30 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-879 was sunk east of Cape Hatteras, USA, in position 36º34'N, 74º00'W, by depth charges from the US patrol frigate USS Natchez and the US destroyer escorts USS Coffman, USS Bostwick and USS Thomas. (see map)


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