Allied Warships

USS Shubrick (ii) (DD 639)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 639
Built by	Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	17 Feb 1942
Launched	18 Apr 1942
Commissioned	7 Feb 1943
End service	19 Oct 1945
History	Heavily damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft 29 May 1945 while off Okinawa. Decommissioned 19 October 1945. Stricken 28 November 1945. Sold 27 September 1948 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Shubrick (ii) (DD 639)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Louis Allen Bryan, USN	7 Feb 1943	22 Nov 1943
2	John Victor Smith, USN	22 Nov 1943	7 Jan 1944
3	William Blenman, USN	7 Jan 1944	22 Jan 1945
4	John Chapman Jolly, USN	22 Jan 1945	16 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Shubrick (ii) include:

4 Aug 1943
While exiting Palermo harbour during a German night raid, a Ju-88 dropped three 500-pound bombs. One of them exploded beneath Shubrick's keel, severely damaging the ship and killing 16 of her crew. (1)