Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Clemson |
Pennant | DD 341 |
Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 15 Sep 1920 |
Launched | 29 Oct 1921 |
Commissioned | 9 Aug 1922 |
End service | 28 Jul 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 28 July 1945 |
Commands listed for USS Decatur (DD 341)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Jesse Clyburn Sowell, USN | 5 Jun 1939 | 28 Nov 1941 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Dewitt Clinton Ellis Hamberger, USN | 28 Nov 1941 | 15 Oct 1942 |
3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Jack Bercaw Williams, USN | 15 Oct 1942 | 3 Mar 1944 |
4 | Lt. Donald George Wright, USN | 3 Mar 1944 | 1 Dec 1944 |
5 | Benjamin Burns Kirkland, USNR | 1 Dec 1944 | 28 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Decatur include:
15 Dec 1944
USS Bugara (Cdr. A.F. Schade, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Richey (Cdr. J.H Forney, USCG), USS Decatur (Lt. B.B. Kirkland, USNR) and USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN).
16 Dec 1944
USS Bugara (Cdr. A.F. Schade, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Burke (Lt.Cdr. W.L. Dommerich, USNR), USS Richey (Cdr. J.H Forney, USCG), USS Decatur (Lt. B.B. Kirkland, USNR) and USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN).
17 Dec 1944
USS Bugara (Cdr. A.F. Schade, USN) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Burke (Lt.Cdr. W.L. Dommerich, USNR), USS Richey (Cdr. J.H Forney, USCG), USS Decatur (Lt. B.B. Kirkland, USNR) and USS Tigrone (Cdr. H. Cassedy, USN).
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