USS Laning (DE-159)
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| Name: | USS Laning |
| Namesake: | Admiral Harris Laning |
| Builder: | Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia |
| Laid down: | 23 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Mabel C. Laning, widow of Rear Admiral Laning |
| Commissioned: | 1 August 1943, at Norfolk, Virginia |
| Decommissioned: | 28 June 1946, at Green Cove Springs, Florida |
| Recommissioned: | 6 April 1951, at Green Cove Springs |
| Decommissioned: | 13 September 1957 |
| Reclassified: | LPR-55, 1 January 1969 |
| Struck: | 1 March 1975 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 30 September 1975 |
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| Class and type: | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
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| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
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| Complement: | 186 officers and enlisted |
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USS Laning (DE-159/APD-55/LPR-55) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II where she served in the North Atlantic Ocean, protecting Allied ships from German submarines and other threats. She also served in the Pacific Ocean with Underwater Demolition Teams. During the Korean War she served as a training ship, and, in 1975 she was scrapped.
Laning (DE-159) was laid down on 23 April 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia; launched on 4 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Mabel C. Laning, widow of Rear Admiral Harris Laning; and commissioned on 1 August 1943 at Norfolk, Comdr. E. C. Woodward in command.
After shakedown off Bermuda, Laning trained destroyer escort crews out of Norfolk before joining CortDiv 21 at New York City on 9 November for convoy escort duty. She steamed to Aruba, Netherlands West Indies 12 to 17 November and departed for North Africa on 20 November escorting high-speed tankers. During the next three months she made two escort runs between Aruba and Bizerte, Tunisia, and Algiers, Algeria.
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