Allied Warships

USS Morrison (DD 560)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 560
Built by	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	30 Jun 1942
Launched	4 Jul 1943
Commissioned	18 Dec 1943
Lost	4 May 1945
Loss position	27° 10'N, 127° 58'E

History	Struck by 4 Japanese kamikaze aircraft and sunk north-west of Okinawa in position 27º10'N, 127º58'E, 155 of her crew were killed and 87 wounded in all there are 172 survivors which include the Commanding Officer Cdr. James Richard Hansen, USN who were rescued by the LCS-21.

Commands listed for USS Morrison (DD 560)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Walter Harold Price, USN	18 Dec 1943	10 Nov 1944
2	T/Cdr. James Richard Hansen, USN	10 Nov 1944	4 May 1945

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Notable events involving Morrison include:

4 Aug 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Morrison (Cdr. W.H. Price, USN), USS The Sullivans (Cdr. K.M. Gentry, USN), USS Laws (Cdr. L.O. Wood, USN) and USS Miller (Cdr. T.H. Kobey, USN), with fuel.