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Fullam

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-474
Launched	1942-04-16
Commissioned	1943-03-02
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sunk as target, 7 July 1962
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Daniel, Henry Chesley Captain, 2 March 1943 – 1 July 1943 Kelly, William Daniel Captain, 1 July 1943 – 5 December 1944 Boyd, Gideon Millard Captain, 5 December 1944 – 30 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.

USS Fullam (DD-474) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 16 April 1942 and commissioned on 2 March 1943.

Henry Chesley Daniel became her captain on the day of commissioning. He held command until 1 July 1943.

William Daniel Kelly relieved him that day and remained captain until 5 December 1944, the longest of her three wartime commands. Gideon Millard Boyd took command on 5 December 1944. He stayed with Fullam until 30 September 1945.

Her battle record places her at Okinawa from 1 April 1945. On 4 May she was in the screen of the escort carriers, and she remained afloat. Fullam survived the war. On 7 July 1962 the hull was sunk as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.