USN · DD
Craven
Photos and infoGridley-class destroyer. In Moosbrugger's division at Vella Gulf.
Gridley classDecommissioned 19 April 1946. Sold in 1947.
Public-domain photograph via Wikimedia Commons.
Command
WBWatson Osgood BaileyCaptain, 2 September 1937 – 15 June 1939MPMead Saltonstall PearsonCaptain, 15 June 1939 – 1 July 1940CQCharles F. QuimbyCaptain, 1 July 1940 – 19 December 1941ACAllen Philip CalvertCaptain from 19 December 1941FWFrancis Thomas WilliamsonCaptain, 19 December 1942 – 16 November 1943RFRaymond lester FultonCaptain, 16 November 1943 – 1 February 1945RSRobert Edward SinnottCaptain, 1 February 1945 – 10 July 1945RBRobert Somers BrookingsCaptain from 10 July 1945
Battle of Vella Gulf
1943-08-06 · undamaged
