Allied Warships

USS Conyngham (DD 371)

Destroyer of the Mahan class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassMahan 
PennantDD 371 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Sep 1934 
Launched14 Sep 1935 
Commissioned4 Nov 1936 
End service20 Oct 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Conyngham survived the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll
Decommissioned 20 October 1946
Stricken 13 June 1948. Fate

 

Commands listed for USS Conyngham (DD 371)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Gilbert Corwin Hoover, USN4 Nov 193625 Jun 1938
2Cdr. David Stolz Crawford, USN25 Jun 19388 Apr 1939
3Lt.Cdr. James Edwin Craig, USN8 Apr 193914 Apr 1941

4Cdr. Henry Chesley Daniel, USN2 Dec 19414 Dec 1942
5Cdr. James Henry Ward, USN4 Dec 194210 Jan 1944
6Cdr. Brown Taylor, USN10 Jan 194426 Jan 1945
7Lt.Cdr. Frank Weddigen Bampton, USN26 Jan 194530 Sep 1946

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