DE Classified
USS George A. Johnson
USS GEORGE A. JOHNSON was a WWII Destroyer Escort that survived kamikaze attacks, a training ship in the 12th Naval District throughout most of the 1950’s, the object of a short-lived property dispute that made national news, as well as an engineering first for the crew that scrapped her on a beach. Tune in this month to DE Classified to hear the story of the DE who made her last stand on the beaches of Pacifica.
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4 January 1944: Hingham, Mass. JOHNSON’s enters the water for the first time.
Photo by Bill Gonyo via Navsource.org
WWII image of JOHNSON.
Photo by Ed Zajkowski via Navsource.org
USS GEORGE A. JOHNSON breaks free of her tow line and washes ashore.
Photo by Navsource.org
GEORGE A. JOHNSON in 1955, Vancouver, Canada.
Photo by Mike Smolinski via Navsource.org
October 1966 - GOERGE A. JOHNSON washes ashore in Pacifica, California.
Photo by Richard Forgie via Navsource.org
Larry Rody leaving the ship to retrieve supplies, leaving Paul Farley aboard to keep their claim.
Photo by DEHM.
JOHNSON being scrapped along the beach.
Photo from Record-Enterprise.
Destroyer Escort ran aground.
Photo by DEHM.