Allied Warships

USS Waldron (DD 699)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 699
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.).
Ordered
Laid down	16 Nov 1943
Launched	26 Mar 1944
Commissioned	8 Jun 1944
End service	30 Oct 1973
Loss position

History	Decommissioned 17 May 1950. Recommissioned 20 November 1950. Decommissioned 30 October 1973. Stricken 31 October 1973. Transferred to Colombia 30 October 1973 being renamed Santander. Santander was stricken and scraped in 1986.

Commands listed for USS Waldron (DD 699)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. George Edward Peckham, USN	7 Jun 1944	Nov 1945
2	Lt.Cdr. Theodore Adolf Torgerson, USN	Nov 1945	Apr 1946

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Noteable events involving Waldron include:

26 Sep 1944
With her shakedown at Bermuda completed USS Waldron departs New York bound for the Pacific.

1 Oct 1944
USS Waldron transits the Panama Canal.

12 Oct 1944
USS Waldron arrives at San Pedro, California.

14 Oct 1944
USS Waldron departs San Pedro, California bound for Pearl Harbor.

20 Oct 1944
USS Waldron arrives at Pearl Harbor.

17 Dec 1944
USS Waldron departs Pearl Harbor bound for Ulithi.

28 Dec 1944
USS Waldron arrives at Ulithi.

30 Dec 1944
USS Waldron departs Ulithi with TF 38.

26 Jan 1945
USS Waldron returns to Ulithi.

10 Feb 1945
USS Waldron departs Ulithi with TF 58.

18 Feb 1945
USS Waldron damages her bow when she rams a Japanese guardboat of the Bonin Islands in position 29º27'N, 141º34'E. Waldron was detached to Saipan to make repairs to her bow the same day. (see map)

20 Feb 1945
USS Waldron arrives at Saipan.

23 Feb 1945
With her bow repaired USS Waldron departs Saipan to rejoin the fleet off Iwo Jima.

4 Mar 1945
USS Waldron returns to Ulithi.

14 Mar 1945
USS Waldron departs Ulithi with TF 38 to support the Okinawa landings.

1 Jun 1945
USS Waldron arrives at San Pedro Bay, Philippines.

1 Jul 1945
USS Waldron departs San Pedro Bay, Philippines with TF 38.

10 Sep 1945
USS Waldron enters Tokyo Bay.