Allied Warships

USS Plunkett (DD 431)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 431 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Mar 1939 
Launched9 Mar 1940 
Commissioned17 Jul 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 3 May 1946.
Transferred to Taiwan 16 February 1954 and renamed Nan Yang.
Nan Yang was stricken and scrapped in 1975.

 

Commands listed for USS Plunkett (DD 431)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Peter Gerald Hale, USN17 Jul 1940Jan 1941
2Lt.Cdr. William Arthur Graham, USNJan 1941Nov 1941
3Lt.Cdr. William Harrison Standley, USNNov 1941Oct 1942
4Lt.Cdr. Lewis Robinson Miller, USNOct 1942???

5Capt. Edward Joseph Burke, USN< Jan 44???

6Lt. J. P. Hertz, USN???3 May 1946

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