USN · DD

Young

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-580
Launched	1942-10-15
Commissioned	1943-07-31
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sunk as a target, 6 March 1970
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Madden, George Bernard Captain, 31 July 1943 – 26 August 1944 Dockum, Donald Granville Captain, 26 August 1944 – 15 November 1945 Olson, Carl Elliott Captain from 15 November 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.

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

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

GMMadden, George BernardCaptain, 31 July 1943 – 26 August 1944 DDDockum, Donald GranvilleCaptain, 26 August 1944 – 15 November 1945 COOlson, Carl ElliottCaptain from 15 November 1945