Allied Warships

USS Mayrant (DD 402)

Destroyer of the Benham class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenham 
PennantDD 402 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Apr 1937 
Launched14 May 1938 
Commissioned13 Sep 1939 
End service28 Aug 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Damaged in the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.
Decommissioned 28 August 1946.
Scuttled off Kwajalein 4 April 1948.
Stricken 30 April 1948.

 

Commands listed for USS Mayrant (DD 402)

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1Lt.Cdr. Edwin Ashby Taylor, USN19 Sep 1939???

2Lt.Cdr. Marion Hugo Buaas, USN??????

3Cdr. Edward Keith Walker, USN??????

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