Allied Warships

USS Beale (DD 471)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 471 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Dec 1941 
Launched24 Aug 1942 
Commissioned23 Dec 1942 
End service20 Sep 1968 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 11 April 1946.
Recommissioned and reclassified as DDE-471 on 2 January 1951.
Reverted back to DD-471 on 30 June 1962.
Decommissioned 20 September 1968.
Stricken 1 October 1968.
Sunk as target off the Virginia coast on 24 June 1969.

 

Commands listed for USS Beale (DD 471)

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1Cdr. Joe Brice Cochran, USN23 Dec 1942???

2Cdr. Doyle Murray Coffee, USN< Oct 44???

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