Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 477 |
Built by | Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 28 Jun 1940 |
Laid down | 31 Jul 1941 |
Launched | 2 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 15 Sep 1942 |
Lost | 16 Apr 1945 |
Loss position | 27° 26'N, 126° 59'E |
History | Sunk by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft north-west of Okinawa in position 27º26'N, 126º59'E. For more information on this ship try this website (offsite link) |
Commands listed for USS Pringle (DD 477)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. Harold Oscar Larson, USN | 15 Sep 1942 | Sep 1943 |
2 | T/Cdr. George DeMetropolis, USN | Sep 1943 | 29 May 1944 |
3 | John Lawrence Kelley, Jr., USN | 29 May 1944 | 16 Apr 1945 |
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