USN · DD

Young

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1942-10-15Commissioned 1943-07-31Survived the war. Sunk as a target, 6 March 1970

U.S. Navy photo NH 102858. USS Young (DD-580) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 26 July 1945 (NH 102858).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

GMGeorge Bernard MaddenCaptain, 31 July 1943 – 26 August 1944 DDDonald Granville DockumCaptain, 26 August 1944 – 15 November 1945 COCarl Elliott OlsonCaptain from 15 November 1945