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USS ''Tatum'' (DE-789/APD-81) was a of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Laurice Aldridge Tatum (1894–1942). ''Tatum'' was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corp. on 22 April 1943; launched on 7 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Cecile Cofield Tatum, and commissioned on 22 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. William C. D. Bellinger USN, in command. == Destroyer Escort (DE) == After shakedown training in the vicinity of Bermuda, the destroyer escort performed escort duty along the east coast until 25 March when she departed Tompkinsville, N.Y., in the screen of a convoy bound for England. She reached Plymouth on 19 April and returned — via Milford Haven, Wales, and Belfast, Northern Ireland — to New York City on 12 May. Her second and third transatlantic voyages took the ship to North Africa. She departed the east coast on 28 May in the screen of the escort carriers , , and headed for French Morocco. Upon delivering planes at Casablanca, the warships returned to the United States on 17 June 1944, and ''Tatum'' moored at Bayonne, N.J. She joined ''Kasaan Bay'' and ''Tulagi'' once again on 28 June as they weighed anchor for Algeria. The ships made Oran on 10 July; and, the next day, ''Tatum'' got under way to pick up SS ''Cross Keys'' at Casablanca and escort her to Bizerte, Tunisia. The destroyer escort returned to Oran on the 16th and, four days later, cleared port once again to protect the British aircraft carriers and during their passage to Malta. On the 23d, ''Tatum'' dropped 130 depth charges on a submarine contact but apparently scored no kill. The force reached Malta on 25 July. Augmented by ''Kasaan Bay'' and ''Tulagi'', the unit steamed to Alexandria, Egypt, and then returned to Malta where they arrived on 3 August.〔 The next day, ''Tatum'' reported to Naples where she embarked the commander of a landing craft convoy for the impending invasion of southern France. ''Tatum'' stood out of Naples on 9 August, joined the landing craft in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, and escorted them to the staging area at Ajaccio, Corsica. Before dawn on the 15th, the convoy arrived off St. Tropez where ''Tatum'' transferred the convoy commander to ''LCI-196''. She then patrolled off Cape Camarat until the following afternoon. From 17 July until early autumn, ''Tatum'' protected convoys shuttling between Corsica, Sardinia, and southern France. On 16 October, she departed Marseilles in the screen of a convoy bound for Bizerte and Oran. During the early part of November, ''Tatum'' escorted another convoy from Oran to Marseilles then screened the Army transport ''Mariposa'' to Naples and returned to Oran on 15 November. ''Tatum'' got underway again on 24 November to screen a convoy back to the United States, arriving at New York on 11 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 Tatum (DE-789)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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