Allied Warships

USS Plunkett (DD 431)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Benson / Gleaves
Pennant	DD 431
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	17 Aug 1938
Laid down	1 Mar 1939
Launched	9 Mar 1940
Commissioned	17 Jul 1940
End service
History	Decommissioned 3 May 1946. Transferred to Taiwan 16 February 1954 and renamed Nan Yang. Nan Yang was stricken and scrapped in 1975.

Commands listed for USS Plunkett (DD 431)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Peter Gerald Hale, USN	17 Jul 1940	10 May 1941
2	William Arthur Graham, USN	10 May 1941	24 Nov 1941
3	Lt.Cdr. William Harrison Standley, Jr., USN	24 Nov 1941	14 Sep 1942 (1)
4	Lt.Cdr. Edward Joseph Burke, USN	14 Sep 1942	15 Feb 1944
5	T/Cdr. William Outerson, USN	15 Feb 1944	13 Mar 1945
6	T/Cdr. Fred Lee Ruhlman, USN	13 Mar 1945	28 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Plunkett include:

20 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Plunkett, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Madison. (2)

21 Aug 1942
During 21/22 August 1942 HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Madison, USS Lansdale, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Plunkett. These also included night exercises. (3)

21 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Plunkett, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Lansdale. (2)

23 Aug 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Lansdale, USS Plunkett, HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. A.H.T. Johns, RN) and HMS Yestor (Lt. R.C. Holt, RNVR). (3)

9 Oct 1943
USS Plunkett (Cdr. E.J. Burke, USN) picks up 13 survivors of the American destroyer USS Buck that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-616 about 50 nautical miles south of Capri in position 38°57'N, 14°28'E.