Allied Warships

USS Bell (DD 587)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 587 
Built byCharleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 Dec 1941 
Launched24 Jun 1942 
Commissioned4 Mar 1943 
End service14 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 14 June 1946.
Stricken 1 November 1972.
Sunk as a target 11 May 1975.

 

Commands listed for USS Bell (DD 587)

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CommanderFromTo
Burton Herbert Shupper, USN14 Jun 1946
John Sterrett Crittenden Gabbert, USN
1Cdr. Lynn Chisham Peatross, USN4 Mar 1943

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