Allied Warships

USS Somers (DD 381)

Destroyer of the Somers class


USS Somers during the war

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassSomers 
PennantDD 381 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Jun 1935 
Launched13 Mar 1937 
Commissioned1 Dec 1937 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 13 October 1945.
Stricken 28 January 1947.
Sold on 16 May 1947 and broken up for scrap by Boston Metals, Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Commands listed for USS Somers (DD 381)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. James Edward Maher, USN1 Dec 19371938

2Cdr. Jeffrey Caswell Metzel, Jr., USN1940???

3Cdr. William C. Hughes, Jr., USNR1944

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