USN · DD

Eaton

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-510
Launched	1942-09-20
Commissioned	1942-12-04
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sunk as target, 27 March 1970
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Beck, Edward Louis Captain, 4 December 1942 – 3 September 1943 Gleim, Fritz Captain, 27 March 1943 – 23 December 1944 Jackson, Edward Frank Captain, 3 September 1943 – 27 March 1944 Brown, Chesford Captain, 23 December 1944 – 5 September 1945 May, James Louis Captain from 5 September 1945

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. USS Eaton (DD-510) on 5 February 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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