USN · DD

Stevens

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer. Charleston Navy Yard. Commissioned 1 February 1943. One of three Fletchers finished with a catapult and a floatplane. The catapult was removed. Nine battle stars. She was not sunk.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-479
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Launched	1942-06-24
Commissioned	1943-02-01
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. One of three Fletchers finished with a catapult. Struck in December 1972. Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973.
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Ball, Frank Haywood Captain, 1 February 1943 – 1 September 1943 Rakow, William Magnus Captain, 1 September 1943 – 13 February 1945 Pressey, George Washington Captain from 13 February 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 Stevens (DD-479) underway at sea in 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Ball, Frank HaywoodCaptain, 1 February 1943 – 1 September 1943 WRRakow, William MagnusCaptain, 1 September 1943 – 13 February 1945 GPPressey, George WashingtonCaptain from 13 February 1945

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