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USS CHEW (DD-106)

  

Shipname: USS CHEW
Hull Number Designation: DD-106
Ship Type: Destroyer
Ship Class: Wickes
Commissioned: 12/12/1918
Displacement: 1190
scrapped 1946

The USS CHEW was at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

Pearl Harbor

DD106/A16/

(887) H

U.S.S. Chew (DD-106)

Pearl Harbor, T.H.,

December 10, 1941.

From: The Commanding Officer.
To: The Commandant, FOURTEENTH Naval District.
Via: (1) The Commander Destroyer Division Eighty.
(2) The Commander Inshore Patrol.
 
Subject: Air Raid Attack by Japanese -- Report on.
  1. It is reported that this ship, berthed at X-Ray 5 on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, opened fire on attacking Japanese planes with one 3"/23 caliber 0803. At 0811 two 50 caliber machine guns were placed in action. Fire was maintained continuously until 0934, when the third wave of attacking planes left the area.
  2. One direct hit was scored by the 3" gun crew, disintegrating a plane in mid-air. The firing and the hit was observed by the Executive Officer, as well as a number of enlisted personnel. Two other hits were scored, one demolishing the tail assembly of a plane. No hits were observed from the 50 caliber fire.
  3. A total of 28 depth charges were dropped on eight different supersonic contacts in the area south-west of entrance buoy. Evidence indicated that two submarines were sunk.
  4. One casualty was suffered by this ship. Matthew J. Agola, S.2c., USNR, was killed during the action while engaged in rescue work on the U.S.S. Pennsylvania.
  5. One man is missing: Clarence A. Wise S.2c., USNR.

[signed]
H.R. HUMMER, Jr.

Sources of this information on the USS CHEW comes from a variety of sources ranging from Jane's Fighting Ships to official US Naval (Department of the Navy) documents, navsource and US National Archives along with materials from sailors and donors to our collection. We wish to obtain material including but not limited to deck logs, cruise books, roster-muster rolls, photos, citations and technical operation and training materials. We are also looking for volunteers to help transribe roster muster rolls so that we can get this material into our searchable database.

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