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USS ''Anthony'' (DD-515), a ''Fletcher''-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony (1853–1899). ''Anthony'' was laid down on 17 August 1942 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 20 December 1942; sponsored by Miss Alice Anthony and Miss Frances Anthony, granddaughters of Sergeant Major William Anthony; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard, on 26 February 1943, Lieutenant Commander Blinn Van Mater in command. == 1943 == The destroyer got underway on 26 March for a shakedown training out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and arrived back in Boston on 27 April for a tender availability. She then headed for Norfolk, Va., but departed Hampton Roads on 10 May, bound for the Pacific. After transiting the Panama Canal, ''Anthony'' joined the Pacific Fleet and arrived in Pearl Harbor on 31 May. Two months of intensive training for the destroyer ensued. She left Hawaiian waters on 5 August in the screen of a convoy bound, via Pago Pago, Samoa, for Efate Island, New Hebrides. ''Anthony'' dropped anchor off Efate on 27 August. Her next several weeks were devoted to more training exercises. Then, late in October, ''Anthony'' was among the destroyers escorting troop transports to the Solomon Islands for landings on Bougainville. She took part in a preinvasion bombardment and stood by while marines landed on the beaches of Empress Augusta Bay on 1 November. The destroyers pulled into Purvis Bay, Florida Island, on the 3rd. However, she returned to Bougainville on 8 November to reinforce American naval forces off that island. Despite numerous air attacks, ''Anthony'' emerged unscathed from covering the transports during their successful unloading. She pulled into Tulagi on 15 November and soon began escorting ships carrying troops and supplies to various points in the Solomon Islands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Anthony (DD-515)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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