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|Ship caption=USS ''Sellstrom'' (DER-255) and a [[Lockheed_EC-121_Warning_Star|Lockheed WV-2]] in 1957
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship namesake=Edward Robert Sellstrom
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|Ship builder=[[Brown Shipbuilding]] [[Houston]], Texas
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|Ship reclassified=DER-255, 21 October 1955
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|Ship struck=1 November 1965
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|Ship fate=Sold for salvage in April 1967
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|Ship class={{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}}
|Ship displacement=*1,253&nbsp;tons standard
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'''USS ''Sellstrom'' (DE-255)''' was an {{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s.

==Namesake==
Edward Robert Sellstrom was born on 19 July 1916 in [[Ottawa]], Ontario. He graduated from [[Gustavus Adolphus College]], [[St. Peter, Minnesota]] in 1939. He enlisted in the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] (USNR) as Seaman second class at [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], on 14 January 1941 and was appointed Aviation Cadet at [[Pensacola, Florida]], on 20 March 1941. On 15 September 1941, he was commissioned Ensign, USNR. After duty in the Advanced Carrier Training Group, [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]], he was assigned to Fighter Squadron 3, on board carrier {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|6}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/members/02_NX/citations/03_wwii-nc/nc_06wwii_navyS.html|title=Sellstrom, Edward R. Citation (U.S. Navy Personnel World War II)}}</ref>

On 20 February 1942, he intercepted a [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] bomber, determinedly pursued it through clouds and rain, and assisted in shooting it down despite heavy machine gun and cannon fire. Later that day, he intercepted and shot down another aircraft during an attack directed at his carrier by nine enemy bombers. As a result of his "skillful marksmanship and courage," he was awarded the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]]. He was killed in an airplane crash on 21 June 1942.<ref>[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/33269 ''Sellstrom, Edward Robert'' (Recipients of The Navy Cross)]</ref>

==Construction and commissioning==
''Sellstrom'' was laid down on 16 March 1943 by the [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Company, [[Houston]], Texas; launched on 12 May 1943; sponsored by Miss Genevieve Dahl, fiancé of Ensign Sellstrom; and commissioned on 12 October 1943.

== World War II North Atlantic operations==

After trial runs and tests, final outfitting, and [[sea trial|shakedown]], ''Sellstrom'' departed [[Bermuda]] on 3 December 1943 for the east coast, arriving at [[Charleston Navy Yard]] on the 6th. On 13 December, the escort vessel departed [[Charleston, South Carolina]], and proceeded to [[Norfolk, Virginia]], arriving on the 15th.
 
On 13 January 1944, ''Sellstrom'' departed Norfolk as a unit of Task Force 63 bound for [[Gibraltar]]. On 31 January, [[Task Force]] 63 stood into the [[Straits of Gibraltar]], turned over the escort of their convoy to British control, and set course to [[Casablanca]], [[French Morocco]].
 
''Sellstrom'' moored at Jetty de Lure, Casablanca Harbor, the next day. She remained in the harbor, doing some patrolling, until 4 February, when she got underway for Gibraltar to pick up another convoy en route to [[Chesapeake Bay]]. ''Sellstrom'' was relieved of the convoy in Chesapeake Bay on 22 February and proceeded to New York, mooring at the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] the next day.

== Refresher training Stateside ==

After repairs, alterations, and the loading of [[ammunition]], ''Sellstrom'' engaged in refresher training off [[Montauk, New York|Montauk]], [[Long Island]]. On 10 March, ''Sellstrom'' departed Long Island and arrived at Norfolk on the 11th. ''Sellstrom'' stood out of Chesapeake Bay on 15 March and joined convoy UGS-36 en route to [[Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]].

== Attacked by enemy aircraft ==

At 0400 on 1 April, enemy planes dropped parachute [[Flare (countermeasure)|flares]] prior to attacking ''Sellstrom's'' convoy. Evasive maneuvering and a screen of [[antiaircraft]] fire, however, kept the five two-engined bombers' score to one burned merchant ship. The convoy arrived at Bizerte two days after the air attack.
 
On 11 April, ''Sellstrom'' joined convoy GUS-36 for the trip back to the United States. As [[flagship]] of Escort Division 23, ''Sellstrom'' guided the New York section of the convoy into the swept channel on 1 May and patrolled the area until all merchant vessels had pilots on board. On 2 May, ''Sellstrom'' anchored in [[Gravesend Bay]] to unload ammunition prior to going to the Navy Yard for repairs.
 
''Sellstrom'' departed New York on 13 May en route to [[Casco Bay]], [[Maine]]. After completing refresher training there on 17 May, the escort vessel proceeded to the Naval Mine Depot at [[Yorktown, Virginia]]. On 23 May, ''Sellstrom'' assumed her patrol station and began escort of convoy UGS-43 bound for Tunisia.
 
''Sellstrom'' turned over the convoy to British escorts and entered Bizerte Harbor on 12 June. On the 20th, ''Sellstrom'' picked up GUS-43, delivering her section at New York on 9 July. She docked at the [[Boston Navy Yard]] Annex on 11 July, remaining there until the 23rd. From 24 July to 9 August, ''Sellstrom'' engaged in refresher training off the coast of Maine.
 
After preparations on 10 and 11 August at the Boston Navy Yard, ''Sellstrom'' again reported for convoy duty. She successfully escorted sections of convoy TCU-35 into the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] and [[Loch Ewe]], [[Scotland]], and into [[Lough Foyle]], [[Northern Ireland]], on 21 and 22 August. The destroyer escort then berthed at [[Derry]] from 23 to 26 August. Underway again on the 27th, ''Sellstrom'' escorted convoy UCT-35 back to the east coast, arriving on 5 September.
 
After training off [[New London, Connecticut]], ''Sellstrom'' received fuel and provisions while moored off 33d St., [[Brooklyn]] Pier. ''Sellstrom'' departed New York Harbor on 29 September and resumed convoy duty. The destroyer escort accompanied six more Atlantic convoys, delivering merchantmen to the ports of [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland; [[Liverpool]], [[Plymouth]], [[Southampton]], and [[Birkenhead]], England; and [[Le Havre]], France.
 
After operating in the Caribbean early in June, she set her course for Charleston, South Carolina, arriving on 17 June 1945.

== Transfer to the Pacific Fleet ==

As the war was over in Europe, ''Sellstrom'', loaded supplies at Charleston in preparation for duty in the Pacific. She departed Charleston on 23 June, transited the [[Panama Canal]] between the 27th and the 29th, and arrived at [[San Francisco]], California, on 7 July.
 
On 11 July, ''Sellstrom'' departed San Francisco and proceeded to [[Alaska]]n waters, arriving at [[Adak Island|Adak]] on the 19th. From 21 to 27 July, she remained at [[Dutch Harbor]] for assigned availability. ''Sellstrom'' escorted her first Alaskan convoy, a [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] and eight [[Landing Craft Infantry|LCI]]'s, from [[Cold Bay]] at Adak, from 30 July to 1 August. ''Sellstrom's'' operations consisted of routine patrols and serving as a [[guard ship]] vessel for flights over the northern Japanese island chain.

== Post-War activity ==

From December 1945 through February 1946, ''Sellstrom'' operated in the postwar Pacific, visiting such ports as [[Qingdao]], China; [[Jinsen]], [[Korea]]; and [[Pearl Harbor]]. From 17 to 20 March, the destroyer escort transited the Panama Canal en route to drydocking in Charleston. In April 1946, ''Sellstrom'' was placed out of commission, in reserve.

== Conversion to radar picket ship ==

On 1 November 1955, ''Sellstrom'' was taken out of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet and was brought to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for overhaul and conversion to a [[radar picket]] escort ship. Having been redesignated DER-255, ''Sellstrom'' was recommissioned on 1 October 1956 and joined the Atlantic Fleet.
 
After shakedown training at [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantanamo Bay]] and post-shakedown overhaul, ''Sellstrom'' began carrying out assignments on the radar picket lines and as an ocean weather station. ''Sellstrom'' continued her naval service throughout the 1950s, performing her tasks off [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], along the east coast, and in the Caribbean.

== Final decommissioning ==

''Sellstrom'' was decommissioned in June 1960 at [Orange, Texas]. She was struck from the [[Navy List]] on 1 November 1965. In April 1967, she was towed from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], to the Peck Iron Metal Works at [[Portsmouth, Virginia]], for scrapping.

== Awards ==

''Sellstrom'' earned one battle star for World War II service.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s9/sellstorm.htm}}<!--DANFS header and file name misspells strom as storm-->

== External links ==
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/255.htm NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS Sellstrom (DE-255)]

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