Pacific ships

USN · DD

Dyson

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Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classConsolidated Steel, OrangeLaunched 1942-04-15Commissioned 1942-12-30Survived the war. Transferred to West Germany, 17 February 1960

U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-73206. USS Dyson (DD-572) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 30 September 1944 (19-N-73206).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

RGRoy Alexander GanoCaptain, 30 December 1942 – 12 March 1944JBJames Dunnington BabbCaptain, 12 March 1944 – 14 September 1944LRLawrence Ernest RuffCaptain, 14 September 1944 – 24 September 1945VDVincent Patrick Healey DecCaptain from 1945VHVincent Patrick HealeyCaptain, 24 September 1945 – 11 October 1945

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

1943-11-02 · in the van; not sunk

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