Allied Warships
USS Shields (DD 596)
Destroyer of the Fletcher class
USS Shields as modified after the war
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 596 |
| Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 10 Aug 1943 |
| Launched | 25 Sep 1944 |
| Commissioned | 8 Feb 1945 |
| End service | 1 Jul 1972 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 14 June 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Shields (DD 596)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. George Bernard Madden, USN | 8 Feb 1945 | 12 Jun 1945 |
| 2 | George Thornhill McDaniel, Jr., USN | 12 Jun 1945 | 22 Oct 1945 |
| 3 | Marcy Mathias Dupre, 3rd., USN | 22 Oct 1945 | 14 Jun 1946 |
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