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Allied Warships

USS Stack (DD 406)

Destroyer of the Benham class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenham 
PennantDD 406 
Built byNorfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Jun, 1937 
Launched5 May, 1938 
Commissioned20 Nov, 1939 
End service28 Aug, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDamaged in the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.
Decommissioned 28 August 1946.
Sunk as target off Kwajalein 24 April 1948.
Stricken 28 May 1948. 

Noteable events involving Stack include:

15 Jan, 1942
The British merchant Dayrose is torpedoed and sunk southwest of Cape Race in position 46º32'N, 53º00'W by the German submarine U-552. 4 survivors are picked up by the US destroyers USS Ericsson and USS Stack.


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