Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 659 |
Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 15 Dec 1941 |
Laid down | 1 Oct 1942 |
Launched | 6 Feb 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 Mar 1943 |
End service | 29 Apr 1960 |
History | Decommissioned 30 March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Dashiell (DD 659)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. John Boyd McLean, USN | 20 Mar 1943 | 9 Jan 1944 |
2 | T/Lt.Cdr. Eugene Alexander Barham, USN | 9 Jan 1944 | 24 Jul 1944 |
3 | Douglas Lee Lipscomb Cordinier, USN | 24 Jul 1944 | 29 Sep 1945 (1) |
4 | John Edward Wicks, Jr., USN | 29 Sep 1945 | 30 Mar 1946 |
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Notable events involving Dashiell include:
7 Jun 1943
HMS Queen Elizabeth (Cdr. R.C. Haskett-Smith, DSO, RN) conducted trials off Hampton Roads. She is escorted by the destroyers Spence (T/Cdr. H.J. Armstrong, Jr., USN) and Dashiell (T/Cdr. J.B. McLean, USN). (2)
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Sources
- http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/659.htm
- ADM 53/118384
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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