Allied Warships

USS Eberle (DD 430)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 430 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Apr 1939 
Launched14 Sep 1940 
Commissioned4 Dec 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 3 June 1946.
Stricken 24 January 1951.
Transferred to Greece 22 January 1951 and renamed Niki. Niki was stricken and scrapped in 1972.

 

Commands listed for USS Eberle (DD 430)

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CommanderFromTo
Robert William Savage, USN3 Jun 1946
1Lt.Cdr. Edward Randolph Gardner, Jr., USN4 Dec 1940Jul 1942
2Lt.Cdr. Karl Frederick Poehlmann, USNJul 1942Apr 1943
3Clare Brown Smiley, USNApr 1943

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