USN · DD

Erben

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-631
Launched	1943-03-21
Commissioned	1943-05-28
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Transferred to South Korea, 16 May 1963
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Nevins, Joseph Henry Captain, 28 May 1943 – 18 December 1943 Slayton, Morgan Captain, 18 December 1943 – 3 March 1945 Snyder, William Hutton Captain, 3 March 1945 – 9 December 1945 Wyatt, Stanley P. Captain from 9 December 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. The photo was taken from USS Shangri-La (CV-38). USS Erben (DD-631) underway in September 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

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