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{{Short description|Evarts-class destroyer escort}}
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|Ship laid down=29 October 1942
|Ship launched=17 April 1943 as HMS ''Eisner'' (BDE-28)
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|Ship class={{sclass|Evarts|destroyer escort}}
|Ship displacement=1,140 (standard), 1,430 tons (full)
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|Ship beam={{convert|35|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|11|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} (max)
|Ship propulsion=*4 [[General Motors]] Model 16-278A [[diesel engines]] with electric drive
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|Ship range={{cvt|4150|nmi}}
|Ship complement=15 officers, 183 enlisted
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'''USS ''Emery'' (DE-28)''' was an {{sclass|Evarts|destroyer escort}} constructed for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. It was promptly sent off into the [[Pacific Ocean]] to protect [[convoy]]s and other ships from [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] [[submarines]] and fighter [[aircraft]]. By the end of the war, she had accumulated three [[battle star]]s.

==Namesake==
Jack Mandeville Emery was born on 9 October 1916 in [[Los Angeles]], California. He was appointed [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] in the [[United States Naval Reserve]] on 20 May 1939, and reported for active duty on the {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}} on 13 November 1939. He was killed in action when ''Arizona'' was sunk in the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941.

==Construction and commissioning==
She was launched on 17 April 1943 by [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] as '''BDE-28'''; reallocated to the United States; assigned the name '''''Eisner''''' on 14 June 1943; renamed '''''Emery''''' on 14 July 1943; and commissioned on 14 August 1943.

==Service history==

===World War II===
''Emery'' cleared [[Pearl Harbor]] on 1 November 1943 for [[Funafuti]] and a month of local escort duty in preparation for the invasion of the [[Gilbert Islands]], during which she screened vulnerable tankers fueling assault ships and their covering force of major combatants. She returned to Pearl Harbor on 16 December for training, and on 16 January 1944 put to sea to protect tankers again during the assault on the [[Marshall Islands]], after which she escorted convoys between [[Majuro]] and Funafuti until 9 March.

From March–September, ''Emery'' sailed out of [[Purvis Bay|Port Purvis]] on [[Nggela Islands|Florida Island]] in the [[Solomon Islands|Solomons]], escorting combatants, auxiliaries, and merchantmen to [[Emirau]], [[Green Island, Papua New Guinea|Green Island]], [[Bougainville Island]], and other southwest Pacific ports. She arrived at [[Manus Island]] on 27 September, and after screening a small convoy to the [[Russell Islands]], proceeded to [[Peleliu]] for [[antisubmarine]] patrol and an escort voyage to [[Ulithi]]. She returned to Ulithi for brief overhaul in November, then swung back through the Marshall and [[Mariana Islands]] on convoy duty, arriving at Eniwetok on 4 March. This was her base through July 1945 as she carried out escort missions to [[Guam]], [[Saipan]], Ulithi, [[Iwo Jima]], and [[Kwajalein]]. Thus, she guarded the movement of men and supplies essential to the seaborne advance on [[Japan]].

On 5 July, she sailed for [[San Francisco]], California, where she was decommissioned on 15 November 1945, and sold from scrap on 21 July 1947.

==Awards==
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|[[Image:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[American Campaign Medal]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=4|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] (with four [[service star]]s)
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|[[Image:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]
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==References==
{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/emery.html}}

==External links==
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/028.htm NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS Emery (DE-28)]

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[[Category:Evarts-class destroyer escorts]]
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