USS Pringle (DD-477)

USS Pringle (DD-477) (HMCLQ)

Location: Charleston, SC 29401 Charleston County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 46.191', W 79° 55.717'

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Launched at Charleston, S.C. on May 2, 1942
Lost to Enemy Action off Okinawa on April 16,1945

In Memoriam
Vella Lavella - August 21, 1943
John Villani · Ernest F. Whitehead

Mindoro - December 30, 1944
James F. Bennett · Thomas F. Fugazzi · Roy A. Jackson · Dee C. Clark · Jerry Holubicka · John Kowalick · Michael Corriero · Theophil F. Hudy · Clifton R. Liewald · Frank Poniatowski · Edward L. Wilcox

Okinawa - April 16, 1945
Rex W. Allen · Arville B. Clarke · Joseph J. Hoffer · Harold F. Rienke · Thomas M. Anderson · Gerald R. Cone · William V. Hutson · Nevil Rodgers · Russell Atkinson, Jr. · Garvin J. Crook · Michael J. Jozovich · Douglas N. Rogers · William A. Baker · Joseph DiSantis · John P.Keeley · Roy R. Rossini · Kenneth E. Barth · William J. Egerer · Warren R. Keister · Homer Sherrill · Marvin A. Beduhn · Ronald B. Ely · Robert C. Kirsch · Paul W. Smith · Elbert E. Benson · Ray A. England · Samuel E. Knox · Tillman N. Smith, Jr · Wilbert M. Benson · Wendell H. Fidete · Hugh W. Kyle · Vincent T. Sosnowski · Flavel W. Bowen · Charles A. Floyd · Charles L. Latham · Pete M. Spraitzar · Robert B. Brookover · Blas A. Gil · Sam Loiacono · Vernon W. Tauer · Edward R. Burton · Gerald F. Gorges · Charles E. Lucker · James W. Thomas · Wallace H. Cable · Gordon S. Graham · Charles W. Lutz · Homer D. Thomason · Arthur A. Cappuccio · Charles L. Gose · Walter D. Martin · Edward F. Wallen · John M. Caraian · Bennie G. Hancock · Aaron Nisenbaum · Joe E. Wampler · Warren H. Chapple · Nels M. Hansen, Jr. · Leonard W. Odom · Albert D. Webb · Thaddeus J. Chrusciel · Thomas R. Haugen · James W. Paylor · Alfred C. Wolf · Winston L. Churchill · Ernest E. Hawkins · Joseph Piccolo · Robert D. Woods · Frederick M. Hicks · Cecil J. Riddell


The ship was named for Vice Admiral J.R. Poinsett Pringle, USN, who was born at Georgetown, S.C. in 1873 a direct lineal descendant of Judge Robert Pringle, whose law offices on nearby Tradd Street were established in 1742, Vice Admiral Pringle had been selected by President Roosevelt to become Chief of Naval Operations before his sudden death on September 25, 1932.
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 600345 N 3626280
Decimal Degrees32.76985000, -79.92861667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 46.191', W 79° 55.717'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 46' 11.46" N, 79° 55' 43.02" W
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Area Code(s)843
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 5 E Battery, Charleston SC 29401, US
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