USN · DD

Chauncey

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1943-03-28Commissioned 1943-05-31Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974

U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships. USS Chauncey (DD-667) underway in New York Harbor (USA) on 13 August 1943 (BS 51526).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

MMMerle Van MetreCaptain, 31 May 1943 – 1 November 1943 LCLester Cameron ConwellCaptain, 1 November 1943 – 2 March 1945 PHPreston Bennett HainesCaptain, 2 March 1945 – 19 December 1945