page_title: USS Rombach
hierarchical_section_title: USS Rombach
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Rombach (DE-364) underway in the Pacific Ocean during exercises, in 1954.
context_page_description: USS Rombach was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.
  Rombach was named after Severin Louis Rombach who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his brave actions during the Battle of Midway. The ship's keel was laid down on 20 March 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corp. at their yard in Orange, Texas. The vessel was launched on 6 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Severin L. Rombach, widow of Lieutenant Rombach and commissioned on 20 September 1944, Lt. Comdr. Calvert Burke Gill in command.
context_section_description: USS Rombach (DE-364) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.
  Rombach was named after Severin Louis Rombach who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his brave actions during the Battle of Midway. The ship's keel was laid down on 20 March 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corp. at their yard in Orange, Texas. The vessel was launched on 6 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Severin L. Rombach, widow of Lieutenant (junior grade) Rombach and commissioned on 20 September 1944, Lt. Comdr. Calvert Burke Gill in command.
caption: USS Rombach underway in the Pacific Ocean
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