Virtual 2020 Reunion Draws Record Crowd

Staying connected and honoring our lost Emmons shipmates was enough incentive to keep the COVID pandemic from cancelling our reunion. On...

Apr 21, 2020

75th Anniversary Memorial Dive

April 6 marked the 75th anniversary of the Japanese kamikaze attack on the USS Emmons that resulted in her sinking the following day....

Mar 30, 2020

Emmons at Sea Video Discovered

Jason Morley, son of Emmons shipmate James E. Morley, recalled his father’s stories about meeting the First Lord of the Admiralty,...

The USS Emmons Association works to preserve the memory of USS Emmons, DD457/DMS22, a World War II Navy destroyer, and honor the memory of the shipmates who perished in her sinking on April 6, 1945. The Association also maintains and facilitates contact and relationships among former crew members of the USS Emmons, their families and friends.