Allied Warships

USS Decatur (DD 341)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

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 Stricken 13 August 1945 Sold 30 November 1945 and broken up for scrap.

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).