Allied Warships

USS Henry A. Wiley (DM 29)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAllen M. Sumner 
PennantDM 29 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Nov 1943 
Launched21 Apr 1944 
Commissioned31 Aug 1944 
End service29 Jan 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Former DD 749, completed as Destroyer Minelayer DM-29.
Decommissioned 29 January 1947.
Stricken 15 October 1970.
Sold 30 May 1972 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Henry A. Wiley (DM 29)

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1Cdr. Robert Emmett Gadrow, USN31 Aug 1944???

2Cdr. Paul Henrik Bjarnason, USN< Apr 45???

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Noteable events involving Henry A. Wiley include:


9 Dec 1944
USS Henry A. Wiley arrives at Pearl Harbor.

16 Feb 1945
USS Henry A. Wiley arrives in the Iwo Jima area to participate in the landings on that island.

23 Mar 1945
USS Henry A. Wiley arrives in the Okinawa area to participate in the Okinawa campaign.

Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore

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