Allied Warships

USS Renshaw (DD 499)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 499 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered9 Sep 1940 
Laid down7 May 1942 
Launched13 Oct 1942 
Commissioned5 Dec 1942 
End service14 Feb 1970 
History

Decommissioned in February 1947.
Reclassified as DDE-499 on 26 March 1949.
Recommissioned in June 1950.
Reverted back to DD-499 30 June 1962.
Decommissioned and stricken 14 February 1970.
Sold in October 1970 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Renshaw (DD 499)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Charles Frederick Chillingsworth, Jr., USN5 Dec 194210 Jul 1943
2T/Cdr. Jacob Aucker Lark, USN10 Jul 19435 Nov 1944
3T/Cdr. George Henry Cairnes, USN5 Nov 194421 Feb 1946

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