USN · DD

Sproston

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Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1942-08-31Commissioned 1943-05-19Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 15 September 1971

USN. USS Sproston (DDE-577) at Pearl Harbor c1960.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

FSFred Russell StickneyCaptain, 19 May 1943 – 14 October 1943 MLMichael Joseph LuoseyCaptain, 14 October 1943 – 6 February 1945 RERobert J. EsslingerCaptain, 6 February 1945 – 2 November 1945 RKRobert Duane KarlCaptain from 2 November 1945