Allied Warships

USS Dyson (DD 572)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 572 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Jun 1941 
Launched15 Apr 1942 
Commissioned30 Dec 1942 
End service31 Mar 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 31 March 1947.
Transferred to West Germany on 23 February 1960 being renamed Z-5.
Z-5 was transferred to Greece in February 1982, she was cannibalized to provide spare parts.

 

Commands listed for USS Dyson (DD 572)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Roy Alexander Gano, USN30 Dec 1942Mar 1944
2Cdr. Lawrence Ernest Ruff, USNMar 1944Aug 1945

3Cdr. Vincent Patrick Healey, USNAug 1945Jun 1946
4Cdr. James Dunnington Babb, USNJun 194631 Mar 1947

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