USS Fletcher DD-445 / DDE-445 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Kearney, New Jersey |
Hull Number: |
DD-445 DDE-445 (Mar. 26, 1949) DD-445 (June 30, 1962) |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
June 30, 1942 |
Keel Laid: |
October 2, 1941 |
Decommissioned: |
August 1, 1969 |
Launched: |
May 3, 1942 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sold Mar. 16, 1972 and scrapped in Taiwan (ROC). |
Combat Victories |
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Date
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Name |
Type |
Tons |
Nationality |
Notes |
Feb. 11, 1943 |
I-18 |
Submarine |
2,554 |
Japan |
Commanders
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From
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To
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Name
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June 30, 1942 |
Dec. 11, 1942 |
Lt. Commander William M. Cole |
Dec. 11, 1942 |
Apr. 11, 1943 |
Lt. Commander
Frank L. Johnson
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Apr. 11, 1943 |
Apr. 19, 1943 |
Lieutenant
John. G. Hughes
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Apr. 19, 1943 |
Feb. 10, 1944 |
Commander
Robert D. McGinnis
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Feb. 10, 1944 |
Mar. 14, 1945 |
Commander
John L. Foster
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Mar. 14, 1945 |
June 15, 1945 |
Lt. Commander
Robert R. Green
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June 15, 1945 |
Jan. 15, 1947 |
Lieutenant
John B. Anderson
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Oct. 3, 1949 |
Dec. 27, 1951 |
Commander
William M. Lowry
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Dec. 27, 1951 |
Feb. 17, 1952 |
Commander
George A Hawks
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Feb. 17, 1952 |
July 29, 1953 |
Commander
Grover L. Rawlings
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July 29, 1953 |
Nov. 5, 1955 |
Commander
Claude S. Farmer
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Nov. 5, 1955 |
Nov. 9, 1957 |
Commander
Charles N. Cassel Jr.
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Nov. 9, 1957 |
Dec. 26, 1959 |
Commander
Alfred A. Cherbak
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Dec. 26, 1959 |
Dec. 1, 1961 |
Commander
George D. Harrelson
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Dec. 1, 1961 |
Jan. 30, 1964 |
Commander
Chester R. Langer
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Jan. 30, 1964 |
July 31, 1965 |
Commander
Fremont E. Reichwein
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July 31, 1965 |
Nov. 12, 1966 |
Commander
Robert L. Morgan
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Nov. 12, 1966 |
Oct. 8, 1968 |
Commander
Leslie A. Taylor Jr. |
Oct. 8, 1968 |
Aug. 1, 1969 |
Commander
Henry F. Boyle Jr. |
Battle Stars |
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Oct. 3, 1942 |
Capture and defense of Guadalcanal |
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Nov. 12, 1942 |
Guadalcanal: third strike |
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Nov. 30, 1942 |
Tassafaronga: fourth strike |
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Feb. 11, 1943 |
Anti-submarine operations |
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Mar. 5, 1943 |
Consolidation of Southern Solomons |
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Nov. 19, 1943 |
Gilbert Islands operation |
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Jan. 31, 1944 |
Marshall Islands operation: Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls |
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Apr. 19, 1944 |
Hollandia operation: Aitape-Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay |
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May 31, 1944 |
Special operations: Task Group 30.4 |
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June 8, 1944 |
Western New Guinea operations: Biak Island operation |
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Oct. 12, 1944 |
Leyte operation: Leyte landings |
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Dec. 12, 1944 |
Luzon operation: Mindoro landings |
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Jan. 29, 1945 |
Manila Bay-Bicol operations: Zambales-Subic Bay |
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Feb. 28, 1945 |
Consolidation of Southern Philippines: Palawan Island landings |
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Apr. 27, 1945 |
Borneo operations: Tarakan Island operation |
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June 30, 1950 |
North Korean aggression 1950 |
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Sept. 13, 1951 |
Inchon landing 1950 |
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Dec. 4, 1951 |
Second Korean winter 1951-52 |
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May 28, 1952 |
Korean defense: Summer-Fall 1952 |
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May 30, 1953 |
Korea: Summer-Fall 1953 |
Notes |
Christened by Mrs. Frank F. Fletcher. |
Named in honor of Admiral Frank F. Fletcher USN (1855-1928) |
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May 18, 1943: |
Rescued the 65 survivors from the sunken tanker H.M. Storey. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Aug. 3, 2008 |