| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 616 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Jun 1942 |
| Launched | 1 Oct 1942 |
| Commissioned | 15 Jan 1943 |
| End service | 26 Mar 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 26 March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Nields (DD 616)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Albert R. Heckey, USN | 15 Jan 1943 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Nields include:
21 May 1943
The Italian submarine Gorgo was most likely sunk off Oran by the US destoyer USS Nields.
USS Nields was on a anti-submarine patrol out off Oran when a British aircraft reported a submarine contact. At 1716hours Nields established a sound contact. At 1718hours she dropped a pattern of 9 depth charges. At 1723 the sound contact was regained and another 9 depth charges were dropped. At 1731 and 1741hours more depth charges were dropped. Within seconds of the last attack, oil patches were observed. This, most likely, meant the end of the Italian submarine Gorgo.
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 fatal damages 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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