Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Bristol |
Pennant | DD 488 |
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 | 27 May 1942 |
End service | 17 May 1946 |
History | Decommissioned 17 May 1946. |
Commands listed for USS McCalla (ii) (DD 488)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. William Goodwin Cooper, USN | 27 May 1942 | 12 Apr 1943 |
2 | T/Cdr. Halford A Knoertzer, USN | 12 Apr 1943 | 17 Dec 1943 |
3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Edwin Kuykendall Jones, USN | 17 Dec 1943 | 12 Aug 1944 |
4 | Lt James Blaine Sweeny, Jr., USNR | 12 Aug 1944 | 13 Aug 1944 |
5 | Eli Vinock, USN | 13 Aug 1944 | 17 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving McCalla (ii) 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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