USN · DD

Paul Hamilton

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-590
Launched	1943-04-07
Commissioned	1943-10-25
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	May, Leo George Captain, 25 October 1943 – 17 November 1944 Carlson, Daniel Captain, 17 November 1944 – 1 September 1945 Dalton, George Francis Captain from 1 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 Paul Hamilton (DD-590) and USS Twiggs (DD-591) ready for launching at the Charleston Naval Shipyard on 7 April 1943 (80-G-K-13833).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

LMMay, Leo GeorgeCaptain, 25 October 1943 – 17 November 1944 DCCarlson, DanielCaptain, 17 November 1944 – 1 September 1945 GDDalton, George FrancisCaptain from 1 September 1945