| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Allen M. Sumner |
| Pennant | DD 753 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Mar 1944 |
| Launched | 1 Sep 1944 |
| Commissioned | 30 Dec 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned at an unknown date. |
Commands listed for USS John R. Pierce (DD 753)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Clayton Rogers Simmers, USN | 30 Dec 1944 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving John R. Pierce include:
She was named after Lt. Cdr John Reeves Pierce, Commanding Officer of the submarine USS Argonaut, lost in January, 1943 with all hands.
She served gallantly in WW2 and the Korean War where she was heavily damaged from NR Korean shore batteries.
She was the recovery ship for LCDR Scott Carpenter's spacecraft Aurora 7 in 1960. During the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 she was among the destroyers boarding freighters going to Cuba. The recent movie "13 Days" depicts her. After 30 faithful years she was decommissioned and sold to Aardvark International and scrapped.
18 Jan 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. Clayton R. Simmers) departs New York for shakedown training at Bermuda.
20 Jan 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) arrives at Bermuda.
21 Feb 1945
With her shakedown completed USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) departs Bermuda bound for New York.
23 Feb 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) arrives back at New York.
9 Mar 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) departs New York for Norfolk.
10 Mar 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) arrives at Norfolk. She is used as a training ship for the next two / three months.
11 Jun 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) departs Norfolk bound for the Pacific.
17 Jun 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) transits the Panama Canal.
26 Jun 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) arrives at San Diego.
30 Jun 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) departs San Diego bound for Pearl Harbor.
6 Jul 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) arrives at Pearl Harbor.
12 Aug 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) departs Pearl Harbor to participate in a raid agaist Wake Island.
19 Aug 1945
With the raid against Wake Island cancelled due to the Japanese surrender USS John Reeves Pierce (Cdr Clayton R. Simmers) was diverted to Eniwetok arriving later same day.
26 Aug 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) arrives at Buckner Bay, Okinawa.
11 Sep 1945
USS John R. Pierce (Cdr. C.R. Simmers) arrives at Wakayama, Honshu, Japan to participate in the occupation of mainland Japan.
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