USS Fletcher DD-445 / DDE-445

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
Builder:
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Kearney, New Jersey
Hull Number:
DD-445
DDE-445 (Mar. 26, 1949)
DD-445 (June 30, 1962)
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
June 30, 1942
Keel Laid:
October 2, 1941
Decommissioned:
August 1, 1969
Launched:
May 3, 1942
Stricken:


N/A
Fate:
Sold Mar. 16, 1972 and scrapped in Taiwan (ROC).




Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Feb. 11, 1943
I-18
Submarine
2,554
Japan


Commanders
From
To
Name
June 30, 1942
Dec. 11, 1942
Lt. Commander William M. Cole
Dec. 11, 1942
Apr. 11, 1943
Lt. Commander Frank L. Johnson
Apr. 11, 1943
Apr. 19, 1943
Lieutenant John. G. Hughes
Apr. 19, 1943
Feb. 10, 1944
Commander Robert D. McGinnis
Feb. 10, 1944
Mar. 14, 1945
Commander John L. Foster
Mar. 14, 1945
June 15, 1945
Lt. Commander Robert R. Green
June 15, 1945
Jan. 15, 1947
Lieutenant John B. Anderson
Oct. 3, 1949
Dec. 27, 1951
Commander William M. Lowry
Dec. 27, 1951
Feb. 17, 1952
Commander George A Hawks
Feb. 17, 1952
July 29, 1953
Commander Grover L. Rawlings
July 29, 1953
Nov. 5, 1955
Commander Claude S. Farmer
Nov. 5, 1955
Nov. 9, 1957
Commander Charles N. Cassel Jr.
Nov. 9, 1957
Dec. 26, 1959
Commander Alfred A. Cherbak
Dec. 26, 1959
Dec. 1, 1961
Commander George D. Harrelson
Dec. 1, 1961
Jan. 30, 1964
Commander Chester R. Langer
Jan. 30, 1964
July 31, 1965
Commander Fremont E. Reichwein
July 31, 1965
Nov. 12, 1966
Commander Robert L. Morgan
Nov. 12, 1966
Oct. 8, 1968
Commander Leslie A. Taylor Jr.
Oct. 8, 1968
Aug. 1, 1969
Commander Henry F. Boyle Jr.


Battle Stars
Oct. 3, 1942
Capture and defense of Guadalcanal
Nov. 12, 1942
Guadalcanal: third strike
Nov. 30, 1942
Tassafaronga: fourth strike
Feb. 11, 1943
Anti-submarine operations
Mar. 5, 1943
Consolidation of Southern Solomons
Nov. 19, 1943
Gilbert Islands operation
Jan. 31, 1944
Marshall Islands operation: Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls
Apr. 19, 1944
Hollandia operation: Aitape-Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay
May 31, 1944
Special operations: Task Group 30.4
June 8, 1944
Western New Guinea operations: Biak Island operation
Oct. 12, 1944
Leyte operation: Leyte landings
Dec. 12, 1944
Luzon operation: Mindoro landings
Jan. 29, 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operations: Zambales-Subic Bay
Feb. 28, 1945
Consolidation of Southern Philippines: Palawan Island landings
Apr. 27, 1945
Borneo operations: Tarakan Island operation
June 30, 1950
North Korean aggression 1950
Sept. 13, 1951
Inchon landing 1950
Dec. 4, 1951
Second Korean winter 1951-52
May 28, 1952
Korean defense: Summer-Fall 1952
May 30, 1953
Korea: Summer-Fall 1953


Notes
Christened by Mrs. Frank F. Fletcher.
Named in honor of Admiral Frank F. Fletcher USN (1855-1928)
May 18, 1943:
Rescued the 65 survivors from the sunken tanker H.M. Storey.


Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 3, 2008