USN · DD

Stockham

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer. Bethlehem, San Francisco. Commissioned 11 February 1944. She was with the fast carriers at the Philippine Sea, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Eight battle stars. She was not sunk.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-683
Builder	Bethlehem, San Francisco
Launched	1943-06-25
Commissioned	1944-02-11
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Decommissioned 2 September 1957. Struck in 1974. Sunk as a target on 17 February 1977.
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Holmes, Ephraim Paul Captain, 11 February 1944 – 28 December 1944 Johnson, Milton G. Captain from 28 December 1944 Moody, Dwight Lyman Captain from 2 May 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.

USN. USS Stockham (DD-683) underway c1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Command

Holmes, Ephraim PaulCaptain, 11 February 1944 – 28 December 1944 MJJohnson, Milton G.Captain from 28 December 1944 DMMoody, Dwight LymanCaptain from 2 May 1945