LEADER 02753npc 2200469Ii 4500001 ocn871397479 003 OCoLC 005 20140311015011.0 008 140305i19431946ncu eng d 035 (Sirsi) o871397479 035 (Sirsi) o871397479 035 (OCoLC)871397479 035 (NcGrE)564-010 040 ERE |erda |cERE |dUtOrBLW 049 EREE 099 #564-010 110 2 Hopping (Ship) |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 10 Destroyer Escort Commanding Officers collection: U.S.S. Hopping (DE-155) records. 264 0 |c1943-1946. 300 5.0 |fitems(1 |ffolder) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 506 No access restrictions. 520 2 The collection includes records (1943-1946) of the escort ship U.S.S. Hopping (DE-155), attached to Escort Division 6 of the Atlantic Fleet during World War II and including war diaries, action reports, and miscellaneous material relating to U-Boat attacks, anti-submarine warfare, etc. The war diaries are in two forms, the official Navy printed version by Louis F. Loutrel, Jr., the ships commanding officer, and a handwritten diary by W. J. McNulty. Specific topics detailed include activities around Okinawa that include reports of kamikaze attacks, damage to U.S.S. Hopping by shore fire, and the transport of liberated American prisoners of war from Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippine Islands. 524 Destroyer Escort Commanding Officers Collection: U.S.S. Hopping (DE-155) Records (#564-010), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. 540 Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofMr. Charles J. Buice. 545 The U.S.S. Hopping was a destroyer escort attached to Escort Division 6 of the Atlantic Fleet during World War II. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zPacific Area. |=^A166172 650 0 Destroyer escorts. |=^A848919 650 0 Anti-submarine warfare. |=^A63942 610 20 Hopping (Ship) |?UNAUTHORIZED 610 20 Donnell (Ship) |?UNAUTHORIZED 610 20 Reeves (Ship) |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives. |=^A460426 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xPrisoners and prisons. |=^A138306 856 42 |3Finding aid: |uhttp://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0564-010/ 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 998 917901