Allied Warships

USS Decker (DE 47)

Destroyer Escort of the Evarts class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Evarts
Pennant	DE 47
Built by	Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	1 Apr 1942
Launched	24 Jul 1942
Commissioned	3 May 1943
End service	28 Aug 1945
History	Decommissioned 28 August 1945. Stricken by the U.S.N. 12 March 1948. Transferred to China 28 August 1945. Renamed Tai Ping. Tai Ping escaped with Nationalist forces to Taiwan but was torpedoed and sunk by Communist torpedo boats off Tachen Island 14 November 1954.

Commands listed for USS Decker (DE 47)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Allen Bond Adams, Jr., USN	3 May 1943	1 Jul 1943
2	Donald M Kerr, USNR	1 Jul 1943	21 Dec 1943
3	Lcmdr Hiram Sedgwick Cody, Jr., USNR	21 Dec 1943	12 Mar 1945
4	Robert D Martin, USNR	12 Mar 1945	28 Aug 1945

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Destroyers of World War Two
Whitley, M. J.

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