USS Dobler
1942 Evarts-class destroyer escort
USS Dobler (DE-48) was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft. She performed escort and antisubmarine operations in battle areas before sailing home victorious at the end of the conflict.
Namesake
Joseph John Julius Dobler was born on 19 November 1918 in Menlo, Washington. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 14 December 1939 and was appointed aviation cadet on 29 January 1940. On active duty from 22 October 1940 with Scouting Squadron 6, on USS Enterprise. Lieutenant Dobler was killed in action on 30 January 1943 during the Battle of Rennell Island when American aircraft fought off Japanese air attacks on a task force covering the movement of transports to Guadalcanal.
Construction and commissioning
She was launched on 24 July 1942 as BDE-48 by Philadelphia Navy Yard, intended for transfer to Great Britain; retained for use by the United States; and commissioned on 17 May 1943.
Service history
World War II
Dobler voyaged to Port Arthur, Texas, on escort duty from 15 to 28 July 1943, then served as a training ship. Reassigned to transatlantic convoy duty, from 27 August 1943 to 14 June 1945, Dobler made 11 voyages from Boston, Norfolk, and New York to Bizerte, Tunisia; Oran, Algeria; and Palermo, Sicily. On 11 May 1944, her convoy was attacked off the North African coast by a large number of torpedo and bombing planes which she aided in driving away before they could damage the convoy.
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