USN · DD

Porterfield

Photos and info

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1943-06-13Commissioned 1943-10-30Survived the war. Sunk as a target, 18 July 1982

Larry Backus, USN, USS Bausell (DD-845). USS Porterfield (DD-682) underway c1966.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

JWJohn Carl WoelfelCaptain, 30 October 1943 – 13 May 1944 DWDonald Wesley WulzenCaptain, 13 May 1944 – 4 July 1945 AFArthur Frederick FischerCaptain from 4 July 1945 NMNeil Bruce MacIntoshCaptain from 17 November 1945