Allied Warships

USS Dashiell (DD 659)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 659 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Oct 1942 
Launched6 Feb 1943 
Commissioned20 Mar 1943 
End service29 Apr 1960 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 30 March 1946.
Recommissioned 3 May 1951.
Decommissioned 29 April 1960.
Stricken 1 December 1974.
Sold 21 September 1975 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Dashiell (DD 659)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. John Boyd McLean, USN20 Mar 1943Jan 1944
2Eugene Alexander Barham, USNJan 1944Jul 1944
3Cdr. Douglas Lee Lipscomb Cordinier, USNJul 1944Sep 1945
4John Edward Wicks, Jr., USNSep 194530 Mar 1946

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