USN · DD
AfloatGleaves-class destroyer, DD-639. She had fought at Sicily and Normandy before the Pacific. A kamikaze hit her on the way to a radar picket station off Okinawa on 29 May 1945, killing 35.
| Class | Gleaves class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-639 |
| Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1942-04-18 |
| Commissioned | 1943-02-07 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the kamikaze hit of 29 May 1945, in which 35 men were killed or missing. Decommissioned 16 November 1945; her hulk was removed for scrapping in 1947. |
| Armament (class) | Split-plant sisters of the Bensons. Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. |
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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 Shubrick (DD-639) underway in 1943, while she was still in the Atlantic. The Commons file title gives the wrong hull number, DD-638. This is not a photograph from Okinawa. Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 107206, Naval History and Heritage Command, via Navsource. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Shubrick (DD-638) underway in 1943.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · supported the Tori Shima landings on 12 May; one picket patrol; hit by a kamikaze at 0010 on 29 May 1945; 35 killed or missing, 25 wounded; not sunk
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