| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 458 |
| Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Sep 1940 |
| Launched | 23 Sep 1941 |
| Commissioned | 26 Jan 1942 |
| End service | 19 Oct 1954 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-23 ON 15 November 1944. |
Commands listed for USS Macomb (DD 458)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Howard Duvall, USN | 28 Jan 1942 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Macomb include:
17 May 1944
The German submarine U-616 was scuttled on 17 May, 1944 in the Mediterranean east of Cartagena, in position 36º46'N, 00º52'E, after being damaged from depth charges from the US destroyers USS Nields, USS Gleaves, USS Ellyson, USS Macomb, USS Hambleton, USS Rodman, USS Emmons and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 36/K), after a 3 day-long hunt. (see map)
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