| Class | Fletcher class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-572 |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel, Orange |
| Launched | 1942-04-15 |
| Commissioned | 1942-12-30 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Transferred to West Germany, 17 February 1960 |
| Armament (class) | Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes. |
| Command |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
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
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No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Gano, Roy AlexanderCaptain, 30 December 1942 – 12 March 1944JBBabb, James DunningtonCaptain, 12 March 1944 – 14 September 1944
Ruff, Lawrence ErnestCaptain, 14 September 1944 – 24 September 1945VDHealey, Vincent PatrickCaptain from 1945VHHealey, Vincent PatrickCaptain, 24 September 1945 – 11 October 1945Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
1943-11-02 · in the van; not sunk
