Hull Number: DE-364
Launch Date: 06/06/1944
Commissioned Date: 09/20/1944
Decommissioned Date: 01/09/1958
Call Sign: NHFC
Class: JOHN C. BUTLER
JOHN C. BUTLER Class
Namesake: SEVERIN LOUIS ROMBACH
SEVERIN LOUIS ROMBACH
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016
Severin Louis Rombach was born 26 November 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Ohio University, where he earned a B.A. in commerce. Rombach enlisted in the Naval Reserve at Grosse Ille, Mich., 5 May 1939; was appointed aviation cadet 21 September; and was designated naval aviator 10 May 1940. On 12 June he was promoted to ensign, and shortly thereafter was assigned to Enterprise (CV-6) for duty flying with Torpedo Squadron 6. Rombach was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) 28 May 1942. He was reported missing in action on 4 June, after his plane had been hit in the Battle of Midway. Lieutenant (junior grade) Rombach was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his participation in ” … a vigorous and intensive assault against the Japanese invasion fleet, … Rombach pressed home his attack with relentless determination, in the face of a terrific barrage of antiaircraft fire.”
Disposition:
On 1 March 1972 she was stricken from the Navy list after an INSURV inspection team determined her unfit for further service. On 19 December 1972 she was sold for scrapping.