Allied Warships

USS Thompson (DD 627)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 627 
Built bySeattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Sep 1941 
Launched15 Jul 1942 
Commissioned10 Jul 1943 
End service23 May 1955 
Loss position
 
History

Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-38 on 30 May 1945.
Decommissioned 23 May 1955.
Reverted back to DD-627 on 15 July 1955.
Stricken 1 July 1971.
Sold 7 August 1972 and broken up for scrap.

 

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CommanderFromTo
Albert Lewis Gebelin, USN
1Lt.Cdr. Lee Adrian Ellis, USN10 Jul 1943

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