USN · DD

Saufley

Photos and info

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1942-07-19Commissioned 1942-08-29Survived the war. Sunk as target, 20 February 1968

USN. USS Saufley (DD-465) underway c1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

BBBert Franklin BrownCaptain, 29 August 1942 – 6 December 1943 DCDale Eugene CochranCaptain, 6 December 1943 – 12 February 1945 FSFrancis William SilkCaptain from 12 February 1945