USN · DD

Watts

Photos and info

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1943-12-31Commissioned 1944-04-29Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 5 September 1974

U.S. Navy Burau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-567 Watts - 141347. USS Watts (DD-567) underway c1952.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

JMJoseph Benedict MaherCaptain, 29 April 1944 – 27 January 1945 CHCharles Samuel HartCaptain, 27 January 1945 – 23 December 1945 JMJames Francis MaynardCaptain from 23 December 1945