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USS ''Frament'' (DE-677/APD-77) was a ''Buckley''-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Paul S. Frament (1919–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for heroism in the Guadalcanal campaign. ''Frament'' was launched on 28 June 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Edward A. Frament, mother of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Frament; and commissioned on 15 August 1943, Lieutenant Commander S. T. McAdam, Jr., in command. ==DE-677 — Atlantic== ''Frament'' began the demanding tasks of Atlantic convoy escort on 19 October 1943, when she sailed from New York to escort tankers to Curaçao and thence to Derry, Northern Ireland. Sailing out of New York, and occasionally Boston, she escorted six convoys to Northern Ireland, one to Cherbourg, France, and one to Gibraltar, in the period from 15 December 1943 to 3 December 1944. At 02:23 hrs on 15 November 1944, at (in the North Atlantic about west of Gibraltar), ''Frament'' mistakenly rammed and sank the Italian submarine ''Luigi Settembrini'' which ''Frament'' was escorting to Bermuda, where the Italians were to provide aid in anti-submarine warfare training. Of the 42-strong crew of the ''Settembrini'', only 14 survivors were rescued by ''Frament''. USS ''Scott'' (DE-214) was detached from a convoy bound for the Mediterranean to help search for Italian survivors, and then escorted ''Frament'' back to Boston, arriving on 3 December. 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 Frament (APD-77)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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