USN · DD

Black

Photos and info

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1943-03-28Commissioned 1943-05-21Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971

USN. USS Black (DD-666) at sea in the 1950s.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

JMJack MaginnisCaptain, 21 May 1943 – 18 March 1944 EKEdward Reuben KingCaptain, 18 March 1944 – 22 October 1945 ESEugene Howard SimpsonCaptain from 22 October 1945