Allied Warships

USS Dashiell (DD 659)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

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. Recommissioned 3 May 1951. Decommissioned 29 April 1960. Stricken 1 December 1974. Sold 21 September 1975 and broken up for scrap.

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)