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USS Pillsbury (DD-227) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served during World War II and the first of two ships named after John E. Pillsbury, a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.
After shakedown Pillsbury’s first duty was as flagship for Escort Division 4, escorting convoys into Casablanca and Gibraltar. Pillsbury then reported to Task Group 21.12, consisting of USS Guadalcanal and four destroyer escorts, on hunter killer patrol to seek out and destroy enemy submarines operating along or near convoy routes from the United States to Europe.
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Pillsbury for John E. Pillsbury. The first USS Pillsbury (DD-227) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1920 and sunk in enemy action in March 1942. The second USS Pillsbury (DE-133) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort, commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned in 1960.
USS Pillsbury United States Navy: World War II: Battle of Java: The Clemson-class destroyer was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Christmas Island by Atago and Takao (both Imperial Japanese Navy) with the loss of all 116 crew. HNLMS Pollux Royal Netherlands Navy
With this authority in hand, Yarnell ordered Pillsbury to remain at Shantou, sent the destroyer USS Pope (DD-225) there as a reinforcement, and informed his Japanese counterpart, the commander-in-chief of the China Area Fleet, Vice Admiral KoshirÅ Oikawa, that U.S. Navy ships would remain present anywhere where U.S. lives and property were in ...
USS Frost (DE-144) sank 5 German U-boats and awarded Presidential Unit Citation, 7 battle stars. USS Chatelain (DE-149) was in TG 22.3 with Pope and Pillsbury and participated in the capture of U-505. USS Stewart (DE-238) – the sole surviving example of the Edsall-class; a museum ship in Galveston, Texas.
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Another Dutch destroyer (HNLMS Witte de With) and three American ships (destroyers USS Pillsbury and USS Edsall, along with the gunboat USS Asheville) were either scuttled or sunk as they attempted to escape to Australia. The main ABDA naval force had been almost totally destroyed: 10 ships and approximately 2,173 sailors had been lost.