Allied Warships

USS Herndon (ii) (DD 638)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 638 
Built byNorfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Aug 1941 
Launched5 Feb 1942 
Commissioned20 Dec 1942 
End service8 May 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 8 May 1946.
Stricken 1 June 1971.
Sunk as a target off the coast of Florida 24 May 1973.

 

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1Cdr. Granville Alexander Moore, USN20 Dec 1942???

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