USN · DD

Stevens

Photos and info

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1942-06-24Commissioned 1943-02-01Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973

USS Stevens (DD-479) underway at sea in 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

FBFrank Haywood BallCaptain, 1 February 1943 – 1 September 1943 WRWilliam Magnus RakowCaptain, 1 September 1943 – 13 February 1945 GPGeorge Washington PresseyCaptain from 13 February 1945