On 9 March 1975, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) was decommissioned by her last CO, CDR John Bisset Shewmaker.
She was the last of the Sumner class destroyers to be decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
82 years ago today, on 28 February 1943, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd DD-661 was launched at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, NJ, sponsored by Mrs. Isaac C. Kidd, widow of Rear Admiral Kidd.
USS Kidd Veterans Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
On 8 February 1944, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) was commissioned for the first itme, CDR Frederick Beckton in command.
Museum Ship at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
31 January 1989, USS Edson DD-946 a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum USS Edson DD946, Bay City, MI
26 January 1951, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) was recommissioned with Commander Charles Holovak in command. After shakedown out of San Diego, she headed for the East coast of the US, arriving at Norfolk in February for overhaul followed by refresher training at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In mid January 1952, she sailed for Korea.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
50 years ago today, on 17 January 1974, Gearing-class destroyer. USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) arrived at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr - DD850 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
On 7 January 1965, Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537) was decommissioned by her CO, CDR Leo Bruce Warring
Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park, Buffalo, NY
On 4 January 1958, USS Edson (DD-946) was launched at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME, sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Edson, widow of General Edson.
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum USS Edson DD946, Bay City, MI
On 31 December 1943, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Cassin Young (DD-793) was commissioned with CDR Earl Tobias Schreiber in command.
Friends of the Cassin Young at Boston National Historical Park, Boston, MA
36 years ago today, on 15 December 1988, Forrest Sherman-class destroyer USS Edson (DD-946) was decommissioned.
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum USS Edson DD946, Bay City, MI
