{{Short description|1942 Evarts-class destroyer escort}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= USS Doneff (DE-49) at sea on 26 February 1945 (19-LCM-80086).jpg |image_caption=USS ''Doneff'' in February 1945 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States |flag= {{USN flag|1945}} |name=USS ''Doneff'' |namesake= |ordered= |builder=[[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] |laid_down= |launched= 24 July 1942 |sponsor= |acquired= |commissioned= 10 June 1943 |decommissioned= 22 December 1945 |in_service= |out_of_service= |struck= |renamed= |reclassified= |homeport= |motto= |nickname= |honors= |fate=Sold for scrapping, 9 January 1947 |notes= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |type= {{sclass|Evarts|destroyer escort}} |displacement=*{{convert|1140|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard *{{convert|1430|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full |length=*{{convert|289|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]] *{{convert|283|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Length at the waterline|w/l]] |beam={{convert|35|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} |draft={{convert|11|ft|m|abbr=on}} (max) |depth= |hold_depth= |propulsion=*4 × [[General Motors]] Model 16-278A [[diesel engine]]s with electric drive, {{convert|6000|shp|0|abbr=on}} *2 [[Propeller|screws]] |speed= {{convert|19|kn|lk=in}} |range= {{convert|4150|nmi|km|abbr=on}} |complement=15 officers and 183 enlisted |armament=*3 × single [[3"/50 caliber gun|3"/50 Mk.22]] [[dual purpose gun]]s *1 × quad [[1.1"/75 caliber gun|1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun]] *9 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm Mk.4 AA guns]] *1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog Projector Mk.10]] (144 rounds) *8 × Mk.6 [[depth charge]] projectors *2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks |armor= |notes= }} }} '''USS ''Doneff'' (DE-49)''' was an {{sclass|Evarts|destroyer escort}} which served in the [[United States Navy]] in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theater of Operations]]. The only encounter with the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] was the sighting of one or two [[A6M Zero]] fighters during the operational time spent in the [[Aleutian Islands]].
'''DE-49''', originally intended for transfer to [[United Kingdom|Britain]], was launched on 24 July 1942 by [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]; retained by the U.S. Navy; named ''Doneff'' on 4 March 1943, and commissioned on 10 June 1943.
==Namesake== John Lincoln Doneff was born on 12 February 1920 in [[Newark, Ohio]] He was appointed a Midshipman from the 17th Ohio District to the [[United States Naval Academy]] on 30 June 1939. His summer midshipman cruise (8-15 June 1940) saw him serving on the battleship {{USS|New York|BB-34|6}}. He graduated with the Class of 1943 on 19 June 1942. Commissioned [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] upon graduation, he served briefly in the Twelfth Naval District (2-7 July 1942), then joined the heavy cruiser {{USS|Pensacola|CA-24|6}} on 16 July 1942. He was killed in action in the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]] on 30 November 1942.
==Service history== Doneff arrived at [[San Diego]], California, as escort for a [[convoy]] on 9 September 1943. On 27 September she got underway for [[Alaska]]n waters and escort duty. From April 1944 she cruised between [[Attu Island|Attu]] and the [[Kurile Islands]] to report enemy contacts, forced landings of aircraft, and [[weather]], and to guide planes and serve as rescue vessels in case of forced landings. She returned to Attu on 19 May for escort duty between Alaskan ports. Except for a period as guard ship again from 1 to 21 August 1944, she continued to escort convoys until 7 January 1945 when she sailed for [[San Francisco]], [[California]], and overhaul.
Arriving at [[Pearl Harbor]] on 9 March 1945 for exercises, ''Doneff'' got underway on 20 March to escort a convoy to [[Eniwetok]], arriving there on 28 March. She served at [[Guam]] on patrol and local escort duty, then made [[anti-submarine]] patrols off [[Saipan]] until 6 August, when she sailed for [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] as a convoy escort for the USS Indianapolis, which carried the atomic bomb that was dropped on [[Hiroshima]], returning to Saipan on 19 August. From 25 August to 23 September, she joined the [[destroyer]] {{USS|Mayrant|DD-402|3}} to receive the [[Surrender (military)|surrender]] of the [[Japan]]ese garrison on [[Marcus Island]] and support occupation of the island by American troops.
After brief overhaul at Guam, ''Doneff'' put to sea on 11 October, arriving at [[San Pedro, Los Angeles, California|San Pedro]] on 26 October. ''Doneff'' was decommissioned on 22 December 1945 at San Diego, and sold for scrapping on 9 January 1947.
== Awards == {| |- |[[Image:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] |[[American Campaign Medal]] |- |[[Image:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] |[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] |- |[[Image:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] |[[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]] |}
==References== {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/doneff.html}}
==External links== {{Commons category|USS Doneff (DE-49)}} * {{navsource|06/049|USS Doneff (DE-49)}}
{{Evarts class destroyer escort}}
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