USS Dennis (DE-405)

USS Dennis (DE-405)

USS Dennis (DE-405) was a World War II John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy. Dennis was named after Radioman Third Class Otis Lee Dennis. He was killed in action 1 February 1942 with Carleton Thayer Fogg (namesake of USS Fogg) when their SBD Dauntless was lost during an attack launched by USS Enterprise on Roi-Namur, Kwajalein. It was one of the first offensive operations following Pearl Harbor.

Dennis was launched on 4 December 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding, in Houston, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. J. L. Dennis, mother of the late Radioman Third Class Dennis; and commissioned on 20 March 1944, with Lieutenant Commander Sigurd Hansen, USNR, in command.

Dennis differed from most ships in her class in that she had a quadruple mount and a twin mount of 40 mm Bofors guns instead of two twin mounts. This represented a 50% increase in medium anti-aircraft guns.