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Stack

Class	Benham class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-406
Fate	Afloat. Served through the war. Damaged in the 1946 Bikini tests. Her service ended in 1948.
Armament (class)	Four 5-inch guns, one funnel, and sixteen torpedo tubes.
Command	Olch, Isaiah Captain, 20 November 1939 – 2 August 1940 Greenacre, Alvord John Captain, 2 August 1940 – 5 February 1943 Newton, Roy Arthur Captain, 5 February 1943 – 24 August 1943 Sherman, Philip Kingsland Captain, 24 August 1943 – 5 February 1944 Wheeler, Robert Edward Captain, 5 February 1944 – 25 March 1945 Caldwell, Sam Johnston Captain from 25 March 1945

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 Stack (DD-406) was a Benham-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Her recorded career runs from the last months of peace through the end of the war, under a succession of captains whose dates mark the length of her service.

Captain Isaiah Olch commanded Stack from 20 November 1939 until 2 August 1940. Captain Alvord John Greenacre relieved him that day and stayed in command until 5 February 1943, so his tour carried the ship from peacetime into the early years of the war.

Captain Roy Arthur Newton took command on 5 February 1943. On 6 August 1943, while he was still captain, Stack was at the Battle of Vella Gulf with the destroyers Lang and Sterett. She came through that action undamaged. Newton left the ship on 24 August 1943.

Captain Philip Kingsland Sherman commanded from 24 August 1943 until 5 February 1944. Captain Robert Edward Wheeler then had Stack until 25 March 1945, when Captain Sam Johnston Caldwell took command. She served on through the rest of the war. Stack survived the war. In 1946 she was damaged in the Bikini tests. Her service ended in 1948.

The pictures on this page are the originals.