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. |
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.
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Sources
- http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/431.htm
- ADM 173/17252
- ADM 173/17216
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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