Allied Warships

USS Walker (ii) (DD 517)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 517
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	31 Aug 1942
Launched	31 Jan 1943
Commissioned	3 Apr 1943
End service	31 May 1946
History	Decommissioned 31 May 1946. Stricken 2 July 1969. Transferred to Italy on 2 July 1969 being renamed Fante. Fante was stricken and broken up for scrap in 1977.

Commands listed for USS Walker (ii) (DD 517)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Orville Francis Gregor, USN	3 Apr 1943	27 Jul 1943
2	T/Cdr. Harry Edson Townsend, USN	27 Jul 1943	5 Dec 1944
3	T/Cdr. Philip Decatur Quirk, USN	5 Dec 1944	31 May 1946

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Notable events involving Walker (ii) include:

10 Jun 1943
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) conducted trials and exercises off Casco Bay, Maine together with USS Texas (Capt. R. Pfaff, USN). They were escorted by USS Terry (Cdr. G.R. Phelan, USN), USS Walker (Cdr. O.F. Gregor, USN), USS Bulmer (Lt.Cdr. L.F. Volk, USN) and USS Barker (Lt.Cdr. A.J. Miller, USN).