Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 450 |
Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 1 Jul 1940 |
Laid down | 3 Mar 1941 |
Launched | 19 Feb 1942 |
Commissioned | 26 Jun 1942 |
End service | 30 Jan 1970 |
History | Decommissioned 21 May 1946. |
Commands listed for USS O"Bannon (DD 450)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Edwin Richard Wilkinson, USN | 26 Jun 1942 | 19 Jan 1943 |
2 | T/Cdr. Donald John MacDonald, USN | 19 Jan 1943 | Mar 1944 |
3 | Cmdr Robert William Smith, USN | Mar 1944 | 23 Dec 1944 |
4 | T/Lt.Cdr. James Arthur Pridmore, USN | 23 Dec 1944 | 21 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving O"Bannon include:
12 Aug 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Fletcher (Lt.Cdr. W.M. Cole, USN) and with USS O’Bannon (Cdr. E.R. Wilkinson, USN).
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