Photos and the story

Remey

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-688
Launched	1943-07-25
Commissioned	1943-09-30
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Fiala, Reid Puryear Captain, 30 September 1943 – 1 May 1945 Balch, John Bernard Captain from 1 May 1945; Relieved on 12 June 1946

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 Remey (DD-688) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 25 July 1943 and commissioned on 30 September 1943.

Reid Puryear Fiala became her captain on the day she entered commission. He remained in command through the spring of 1945, until 1 May of that year.

On 25 October 1944, in the Battle of Surigao Strait, Remey took part in the destroyer torpedo attack.

John Bernard Balch relieved Fiala on 1 May 1945 and served as captain until he was relieved on 12 June 1946. Remey survived the war. The hull was sold for scrap on 10 June 1976.

The pictures on this page are the originals.