Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Bristol |
Pennant | DD 487 |
Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 9 Sep 1940 |
Laid down | 15 Sep 1941 |
Launched | 20 Mar 1942 |
Commissioned | 13 May 1942 |
End service | 16 May 1946 |
History | Decommissioned 16 May 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Lardner (DD 487)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Willard Merton Sweetser, USN | 13 May 1942 | 16 Jun 1943 |
2 | T/Lt.Cdr. Otto Carl Schatz, Jr., USN | 16 Jun 1943 | 19 May 1944 (1) |
3 | T/Cdr. Jefferson David Parker, USN | 19 May 1944 | 7 Jun 1945 (1) |
4 | LCdr James Boyd, III, USN | 7 Jun 1945 | 16 May 1946 (1) |
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Notable events involving Lardner include:
7 Jul 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) anchored off Saipan Island and fuelled the destroyers USS Lardner (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Parker, USN) and USS McCalla (Lt.Cdr. E.K. Jones, USN). She got underway again later the same day.
13 Jul 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) anchored off Saipan Island and fuelled the destroyers USS Lardner (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Parker, USN) and USS McCalla (Lt.Cdr. E.K. Jones, USN). She got underway again later the same day.
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