Allied Warships
USS Shields (DD 596)
Destroyer of the Fletcher class
USS Shields as modified after the war
Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 596 |
Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 9 Sep 1940 |
Laid down | 10 Aug 1943 |
Launched | 25 Sep 1944 |
Commissioned | 8 Feb 1945 |
End service | 1 Jul 1972 |
History | Decommissioned 14 June 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Shields (DD 596)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. George Bernard Madden, USN | 8 Feb 1945 | 12 Jun 1945 |
2 | George Thornhill McDaniel, Jr., USN | 12 Jun 1945 | 22 Oct 1945 |
3 | Marcy Mathias DuPre, 3rd., USN | 22 Oct 1945 | 14 Jun 1946 |
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Notable events involving Shields include:
CDR George Bernard Madden Feb 8 1945 - Jun 12 1945 LCDR George Thornhill McDaniel Jr. Jun 12 1945 - Oct 22 1945 LCDR Marcy Mathias DuPre III Oct 22 1945 - Jun 14 1946 (Decommissioned Jun 14 1946 - Jul 15 1950) LCDR Miles Rush Finley Jr. Jul 15 1950 - Apr 2 1952 CDR William Sherman Kirkpatrick Jr. Apr 2 1952 - Mar 20 1954 CDR Leigh Cosart (Early) Winters Mar 20 1954 - Mar 23 1955 CAPT Robert Henderson Holmes Mar 23 1955 - Apr 7 1955 CDR Albert Francis Hollingsworth Apr 7 1955 - Apr 5 1957 CDR Richard Morgan Wright Apr 5 1957 - Mar 8 1958 CDR Samuel Lewis Morton Mar 8 1958 - Apr 4 1960 CDR Arthur LaGrange Battson Jr. Apr 4 1960 - Mar 13 1961 CDR Joseph Lewis Sperandio Mar 13 1961 - May 2 1961 (Acting) CDR Arthur LaGrange Battson Jr. May 2 1961 - Sep 19 1961 CAPT Robert Lee Wessel Sep 19 1961 - Apr 18 1963 CDR Howard Jackson Ursettie Apr 18 1963 - Sep 17 1964 CDR Victor Gordon Warriner Sep 17 1964 - Oct 23 1965 CDR John Francis Tarpey Oct 23 1965 - Apr 8 1967 CAPT Paul Walter Rohrer Apr 8 1967 - Oct 28 1968 (Later RADM) CDR Robert Joseph Forsyth Oct 28 1968 - Jun 17 1970 CDR Billy Banks Traweek Jun 17 1970 - Dec 10 1971 CDR William F. Wolff Dec 10 1971 - Jul 1 1972 (1)
21 Mar 1945
During 21/29 March 1945, USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN), conducted exercises off San Pedro. During the entire period she was escorted by the destroyer USS Shields (Cdr. G.B. Madden, USN).
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