USN · DD

Richard P. Leary

Photos and info

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1943-10-06Commissioned 1944-02-23Survived the war. Transferred to Japan, 10 March 1959

U.S. Navy. USS Richard P. Leary (DD-664) underway, circa in April 1944 (80-G-222379).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

DNDuncan Patterson Dixon NovCaptain, 1944 – 31 August 1945 FHFrederic Shrom HabeckerCaptain from 23 February 1944 HSHerald Franklin StoutCaptain, 31 August 1945 – 2 September 1945 WWWayne William WatkinsCaptain from 2 September 1945