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USS ''Snowden'' (DE-246) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of Admiral Thomas Snowden (1857-1930) who was awarded the Navy Cross during World War I. She was laid down on 7 December 1942 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Houston, Texas; launched on 19 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Edith M. Greenlee, wife of Captain Halford R. Greenlee (Retired); and commissioned on 23 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. A. Jackson, Jr., USNR, in command. At war's end, she returned home proudly with three battle stars. == World War II North Atlantic operations== ''Snowden'' sailed for New Orleans, Louisiana, on 3 September en route to Bermuda for her shakedown cruise which lasted until 14 October. She was then ordered to Charleston, South Carolina. Late in the month, she escorted to Panama, and, in November, to New York. The ship was assigned to convoy UGS-24 there, on 11 November, and escorted it to Norfolk, Virginia, and Casablanca, arriving on 1 December. She picked up another convoy there and returned to New York on 24 December 1943. ''Snowden'' got underway for a short training cruise to Norfolk on 5 January 1944 and then escorted to New York. In January, she escorted convoy UGS-31 to Gibraltar, via Norfolk, and in February returned to New York with convoy UGS-30 which arrived on 8 March. The escort then moved to Norfolk and joined Task Group (TG) 21.15, a hunter-killer group, which sailed on 24 March. That evening, a sound contact was made by ''Snowden'', but she was ordered out of the area so that aircraft from could drop sonar buoys, which produced negative results. 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 Snowden (DE-246)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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