Harry E. Gaulke
Navy
Yaphank
Harry E. Gaulke
Harry Erich Gaulke
was born on January 16, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son
of Ernst and Emma (Fehrman) Gaulke. Before entering the service
Harry Gaulke was a student at Bellport High School. Previous to that
he attended the schoolhouse at Yaphank for two years. He graduated
his senior year and enlisted in the Navy in October 1944. At the
time of his enlistment Gaulke was living at Yaphank, New York Gaulke
was sent to the Sampson Naval Training School in Detroit, Michigan.
On or about December 20, 1945 he was transferred for ship duty on
board the USS Warrington, DD843. Gaulke was discharged from the
service on January 29, 1947 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Alyssa Wunsch
Longwood JHS
June, 2005
The Warrington (DD-843) was laid down on 14
May 1945 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on
27 September 1945, and commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard on
20 December 1945, Comdr. Don W. Wulzen in command.
Warrington conducted shakedown training and winter exercises in the
West Indies during February and early March and then returned to
Boston for duty in Destroyer Division (DesDiv) 82, Destroyer
Squadron (DesRon) 8. During the next year, the destroyer cruised
almost the length of the eastern seaboard plane guarding for
carriers such as RanDer (CV-4). Late in the spring of 1946, she
joined Little Rock (CL-91) in an extended cruise to Europe and
visited ports in England, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium,
Portugal, and the Netherlands before entering the Mediterranean for
her first tour of duty with the 6th Fleet. That assignment ended on
8 February 1947 when she passed through the Strait of Gibraltar on
her way back home. Warrington arrived at New York on 19 February and
entered the naval shipyard there for voyage repairs.