Allied Warships

USS Ordronaux (DD 617)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 617
Built by	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	25 Jul 1942
Launched	9 Nov 1942
Commissioned	13 Feb 1943
End service	Jan 1947
History	Decommissioned in January 1947. Stricken 1 July 1971. Sold 16 March 1973 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Ordronaux (DD 617)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Robert Brodie, Jr., USN	13 Feb 1943	7 Jan 1944 (1)
2	Jonathan Leopold Warren Woodville, USN	7 Jan 1944	27 Mar 1946 (1)

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Notable events involving Ordronaux include:

22 Apr 1943
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises in Long Island sound together with USS Ordronaux (Lt.Cdr. R. Brodie, Jr., USN).

23 Apr 1943
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises in Long Island sound together with USS Ordronaux (Lt.Cdr. R. Brodie, Jr., USN).

24 Apr 1943
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises in Long Island sound together with USS Ordronaux (Lt.Cdr. R. Brodie, Jr., USN).

25 Apr 1943
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises in Long Island sound together with USS Ordronaux (Lt.Cdr. R. Brodie, Jr., USN).