Allied Warships

USS Philip (ii) (DD 498)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 498
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	7 May 1942
Launched	13 Oct 1942
Commissioned	21 Nov 1942
End service	30 Sep 1968
History	Decommissioned in January 1947. Reclassified as DDE-498 on 26 March 1949. Recommissioned 30 June 1950. Reverted back to DD-498 on 30 June 1962. Decommissioned 30 September 1968. Stricken 1 October 1968. Sold 15 December 1971. Sank in a storm on her way to be scrapped 2 February 1972.

Commands listed for USS Philip (ii) (DD 498)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Thomas Cameron Ragan, USN	21 Nov 1942	24 Jul 1943
2	T/Cdr. William Heald Groverman, Jr., USN	24 Jul 1943	23 Jan 1944 (1)
3	James Boyd Rutter, Jr., USN	23 Jan 1944	4 Aug 1945
4	Cmdr Eugene Darrell Laminman, USN	4 Aug 1945	1 Feb 1946

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Notable events involving Philip (ii) include:

29 Dec 1942
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Philip (Cdr. T.C. Ragan, USN) and USS Converse (Cdr. D.C.E. Hamberger, USN).

30 Dec 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Philip (Cdr. T.C. Ragan, USN) and USS Converse (Cdr. D.C.E. Hamberger, USN).