Allied Warships

USS Killen (DD 593)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 593
Built by	Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	26 Nov 1941
Launched	10 Jan 1943
Commissioned	4 May 1944
End service	9 Jul 1946
History	Decommissioned 9 July 1946. Stricken 1 June 1963. Sold 15 April 1975 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Killen (DD 593)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Howard Grant Corey, USN	3 May 1944	3 Mar 1945
2	T/Cdr. James Lardner Semmes, USN	3 Mar 1945	9 Jul 1946

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Notable events involving Killen include:

29 Dec 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) was undocked and then departed Seeadler Harbour for Pearl Harbour. No.3 propeller had been removed and sucured on the deck of the ship. During the trip to Pearl Harbour Iowa was escorted by the destroyers USS Caldwell (Lt.Cdr. D.R. Robinson, USNR), USS Killen (Cdr. H.G. Corey, USN) and USS Lamson (Cdr. J.V. Noel, Jr., USN).

For the daily positions of USS Iowa during this passage see the map below.

9 Jan 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) departed Pearl Harbour for San Francisco. She was escorted by the destroyers USS Caldwell (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Harlan, USN) and USS Killen (Cdr. H.G. Corey, USN).

For the daily positions of USS Iowa during this passage see the map below.