Allied Warships

USS Jenkins (DD 447)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 447
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	1 Jul 1940
Laid down	27 Nov 1941
Launched	21 Jun 1942
Commissioned	31 Jul 1942
End service	1969
History	Decommissioned 1 May 1946. Reclassified as DDE-447 on 2 January 1951. Recommissioned 2 November 1951. Reclassified back to DD-447 on 30 June 1962. Decommissioned in 1969. Stricken 2 July 1969. Sold 17 February 1971 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Jenkins (DD 447)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Harry Fanker Miller, USN	31 Jul 1942	9 Jul 1943
2	T/Cdr. Madison Hall, Jr., USN	9 Jul 1943	29 Dec 1943
3	Lt.Cdr. Philip Daly Gallery, USN	29 Dec 1943	8 Jul 1945
4	Lcmdr Gene Thomas Shirley, USN	8 Jul 1945	early 1946

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Notable events involving Jenkins include:

25 Aug 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Chevalier (Lt.Cdr. E.R. McLean, Jr., USN) and USS Jenkins (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Miller, USN).

26 Aug 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Chevalier (Lt.Cdr. E.R. McLean, Jr., USN) and USS Jenkins (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Miller, USN).

30 Aug 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Chevalier (Lt.Cdr. E.R. McLean, Jr., USN) and USS Jenkins (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Miller, USN).

7 Sep 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Chevalier (Lt.Cdr. E.R. McLean, Jr., USN) and USS Jenkins (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Miller, USN).

8 Sep 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Chevalier (Lt.Cdr. E.R. McLean, Jr., USN) and USS Jenkins (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Miller, USN).

9 Sep 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Chevalier (Lt.Cdr. E.R. McLean, Jr., USN), USS Jenkins (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Miller, USN) and USS Tarbell (Lt.Cdr. W.M. Foster, USN).

15 Sep 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Jenkins (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Miller, USN).