Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Benson / Gleaves |
Pennant | DD 441 |
Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 1 Jul 1939 |
Laid down | 1 Nov 1939 |
Launched | 31 May 1940 |
Commissioned | 22 Apr 1941 |
End service | 6 Mar 1946 |
History | Decommissioned 6 March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Wilkes (DD 441)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | John Donald Kelsey, USN | 22 Apr 1941 | 28 Feb 1942 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. John Boyd McLean, USN | 28 Feb 1942 | Jan 1943 (1) |
3 | T/Cdr. Frederick Wolsieffer, USN | Jan 1943 | 14 Aug 1944 (1) |
4 | Frederick Earle McEntire, Jr., USN | 14 Aug 1944 | 2 Sep 1945 |
5 | Herbert Fox Rommel, Jr., USN | 2 Sep 1945 | 4 Mar 1946 (1) |
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