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Allied Warships

USS Gleaves (DD 423)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class


USS Gleaves during the war

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 423 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 May, 1938 
Launched9 Dec, 1939 
Commissioned14 Jun, 1940 
End service8 May, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 8 May 1946.
Stricken 1 November 1969.
Sold 29 June 1972 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Gleaves 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 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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