Allied Warships

USS Frankford (DD 497)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 497 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Jun 1941 
Launched17 May 1942 
Commissioned31 Mar 1943 
End service6 Mar 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 6 March 1946.
Stricken 1 June 1971.
Sunk as a target off Puerto Rico on 4 December 1973.

 

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1Lt.Cdr. Thomas James Thornhill, Jr., USN31 Mar 1943???

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