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Admiral W. S. Sims was laid down on 15 June 1944 at Alameda, California, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Alameda, California, under a United States Maritime Commission contract (MC null 685); launched on 4 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Anne Hitchcock Sims, widow of Admiral William Sims; delivered to the Navy on 27 September 1945 and commissioned the same day.
Sims was ordered to escort USS Neosho. The task force refueled on 5–6 May and then detached Neosho and Sims to continue to the next fueling point. [1] On the morning of 7 May, a search plane from the Japanese striking force sighted the oiler and destroyer and reported them to Admiral Takagi as a carrier and a cruiser. Takagi ordered an all ...
USS W.S. Sims (FF-1059) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy named for William Sims. She was in commission from 1970 to 1991. She was in commission from 1970 to 1991. Construction and commissioning
Additionally, one other ship was named Admiral W. S. Sims for the same man. The destroyer USS Sims (DD-409), served in World War II, sunk by the Japanese, 1942; The destroyer escort USS Sims (DE-154), commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1946. The Knox-class frigate USS W. S. Sims (later FF-1059), commissioned 1970, decommissioned 1991.
William Sowden Sims (October 15, 1858 – September 28, 1936) was an admiral in the United States Navy who fought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to modernize the navy. During World War I , he commanded all United States naval forces operating in Europe.
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USS Sims was named in honor of Admiral William Sowden Sims (1858–1936), who pushed for modernization of the navy. She is the second ship in the United States Navy to be named USS Sims . Sims was laid down on 7 September 1942 at the Norfolk Navy Yard , Portsmouth, Virginia ; launched on 6 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Anne H. Sims, and ...