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USS Gillespie (DD-609)
USS ''Gillespie'' (DD-609) was a ''Benson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Major Archibald H. Gillespie.
''Gillespie'' was launched 1 November 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Mrs. Hugo W. Osterhaus, wife of Rear Admiral Hugo W. Osterhaus; and commissioned 18 September 1942, Lieutenant Commander C. L. Clement in command.
==1942 and 1943==
After shakedown, the destroyer sailed from San Francisco 28 December 1942 for the fog-shrouded Aleutian Islands and reached Sand Bay, Great Sitkin Island, 9 January 1943. After conducting escort, ASW, and patrolling duties among the scattered Aleutians, she saw her first action 18 February when, with and , she bombarded Attu Island, without return fire. The destroyer shot over 400 rounds of 5-inch into Japanese installations at Holtz Bay and Chichagof Harbor, and on the evening of the same day began an anti-shipping patrol southwest of Attu with ''Indianapolis'' and . At 2225, ''Coglan''s lookouts spotted smoke on the horizon and ''Gillespie'' responded. The smoking ship was ''Akagane Maru'', a 3100-ton cargo ship bound for Attu with troops, munitions, and supplies, but she was not to close her port of call. She answered ''Indianapolis'' challenge in Japanese Morse code; the American warships opened fire at 2316 and scored repeatedly. Within 3 minutes, the cargo ship was burning forward; a salvo by ''Indianapolis'' set her afire from stem to stern. Malfunctioning torpedoes failed to sink the gutted ''maru'', but she finally slid under at 0126 20 February in 53-05 N, 171-22 E.
After further patrolling, ''Gillespie'' returned to San Francisco 4 March for overhaul and subsequently sailed via San Diego, California and the Panama Canal to moor at New York 11 April 1943. Through the spring, summer, and fall of 1943 the destroyer made four round-trip transatlantic escort voyages to Casablanca, French Morocco, and return, shepherding troop and cargo ships to the North African theater.
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