Allied Warships

USS O'Bannon (DD 450)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 450 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down3 Mar 1941 
Launched19 Feb 1942 
Commissioned26 Jun 1942 
End service30 Jan 1970 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 21 May 1946.
Reclassified as DDE-445 on 26 March 1949.
Recommissioned 19 February 1951.
Reclassified back to DD-445 on 30 June 1962.
Decommissioned and Stricken 30 January 1970.
Sold 6 June 1970 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS O'Bannon (DD 450)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Edwin Richard Wilkinson, USN26 Jun 1942> Nov 42

2Lt.Cdr. Donald James MacDonald, USN< Jul 43> Aug 43

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Whitley, M. J.


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Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.
Roscoe, Theodore

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