United States Navy (1944-1951) Ebert was launched on 11 May 1944 by
Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc.,
Tampa, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Hilan Ebert, widow of Lieutenant Commander Ebert; and commissioned on 12 July 1944.
Ebert guarded the passage of
convoys carrying men and supplies vital to victory in
Europe, to ports in
Great Britain and
France, between 6 October 1944 and 14 May 1945, then returned to
New York City to prepare for duty in the Pacific. She sailed on 8 June for
Pearl Harbor,
Eniwetok, and the
Philippines. She escorted convoys carrying occupation troops to
Japan, until 30 November when she left
Manila for the
United States.
Hellenic Navy (1951-2002) Ebert was placed out of commission in reserve at
Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 14 June 1946. Towed to
Boston, Massachusetts, in November 1950,
Ebert was transferred to
Greece on 1 March 1951 under the
Mutual Defense Assistance Program. She served in the
Greek Navy as '''
Ierax (D31)'
(Hawk), and was stricken in 1991. In January 1998, reports emerged that she was laid up in terminal reserve at the port of Souda, in Crete. Ierax
was sunk as part of a Naval exercise (combination of Penguin missile and torpedo attack) in July 2002. Ierax'' now rests on the seabed of the
Aegean Sea close to the island of Crete, at a depth of , located at . ==References==