USS Underhill (DE-682) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. Built in 1943, she served in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific until her sinking in a suicide attack by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo on 24 July 1945. A total of 112 crew members of Underhill perished in the explosion, while 122 survived. Ten of the fourteen officers were lost, including the commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Newcomb. Underhill (DE-682), damaged by kaitens from Japanese submarine I-53 off Luzon, 19°20´N, 126°42´E, is scuttled by submarine chasers PC-803 and PC-804, and escort patrol vessel PCE-872.
S/O Bertha Melissa (Critchett) and Levi Peter Davis
Service # 8067348
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Ship's Cook First Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
DAVIS, Donald L, SC1, 8067348, USNR, from New Hampshire, USS Underhill, location Philippine Islands, missing, date of loss July 24, 1945.
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Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
S/O Bertha Melissa (Critchett) and Levi Peter Davis
Service # 8067348
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Ship's Cook First Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
DAVIS, Donald L, SC1, 8067348, USNR, from New Hampshire, USS Underhill, location Philippine Islands, missing, date of loss July 24, 1945.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
USS Underhill (DE-682) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. Built in 1943, she served in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific until her sinking in a suicide attack by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo on 24 July 1945. A total of 112 crew members of Underhill perished in the explosion, while 122 survived. Ten of the fourteen officers were lost, including the commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Newcomb. Underhill (DE-682), damaged by kaitens from Japanese submarine I-53 off Luzon, 19°20´N, 126°42´E, is scuttled by submarine chasers PC-803 and PC-804, and escort patrol vessel PCE-872.
S/O Bertha Melissa (Critchett) and Levi Peter Davis
Service # 8067348
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Ship's Cook First Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
DAVIS, Donald L, SC1, 8067348, USNR, from New Hampshire, USS Underhill, location Philippine Islands, missing, date of loss July 24, 1945.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
S/O Bertha Melissa (Critchett) and Levi Peter Davis
Service # 8067348
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Ship's Cook First Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
DAVIS, Donald L, SC1, 8067348, USNR, from New Hampshire, USS Underhill, location Philippine Islands, missing, date of loss July 24, 1945.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
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Entered the service from New Hampshire.
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