USS Chambers
USS Chambers was an in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 and from 1955 to 1960. From 1952 to 1954, she was loaned to the United States Coast Guard where she served as USCGC Chambers. She was finally scrapped in 1975.
Namesake
Russell Franklyn Chambers was born on 10 June 1914 in La Habra, California. He was appointed aviation cadet, United States Naval Reserve on 5 December 1938 and commissioned Ensign on 4 November 1939. On duty in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II, he was reported missing in action 27 December 1941 after an engagement with Japanese aircraft over Jolo. He was officially declared dead 28 December 1942.History
Chambers was launched 17 August 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. R. F. Chambers; commissioned 22 November 1943 and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.World War II
After a period as training ship for prospective escort vessel crews, Chambers cleared Norfolk, Virginia, 13 February 1944 on the first of eight convoy escort crossings to North African ports from Norfolk, Virginia, and New York City. Steadfast to her important duty of guarding the men and materiel vital to the success of operations in the European theater, Chambers defied the hazards of the sea and the enemy to bring her charges safely to port.On 8 July 1945 Chambers sailed from New York for Pearl Harbor, where she arrived 16 August to transport homeward bound servicemen to San Pedro, California. She put out to sea from San Pedro for the east coast 11 September, and on 22 April 1946, was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Florida.