Tin Can Sailors Destroyer Histories Since July 1996, Tin Can Sailors has been developing its own set of destroyer histories. These histories were written for our newspaper, The Tin Can Sailor. We now post them here on the web site. Please note that these are copyright articles. They may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from Tin Can Sailors. Ship histories are posted on the site six months to a year after they appear in our newspaper.   Ship Name Class Issue USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) Jan 02 USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Adams (DM-27) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Abercrombie (DE-343)   July 09 USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) Allen M. Sumner July 00 USS Allen (DD-66) Sampson July 01 USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) Allen M. Sumner July 98 USS Amesbury (DE-66) April 06 USS Ammen (DD-527) Fletcher April 01 USS Anderson (DD-411) Sims April 00 USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) Arleigh Burke Oct 91 USS Ault (DD-698) Allen M. Sumner July 98 USS Aylwin (DD-355) Farragut July 96 USS Babbit (DD-128) Tattnall Jan 06 USS Bagley (DD-386) Bagley Jan 97 USS Balch (DD-363) Porter Oct 96 USS Baldwin (DD-624) Gleaves Oct 06 USS Bancroft (DD-598) Benson Jan 02 USS Barry (DD-933) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS Barton (DD-599) Benson April 05 USS Benham (DD-397) Benham Oct 98 USS Benson (DD-421) Benson July 97 USS Bigelow (DD-942) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS Black (DD-666) Fletcher Jan 07 USS Blandy (DD-943) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS Blue (DD-387) Bagley April 97 USS Borie (DD-215) Clemson Oct 01 USS Borie (DD-704) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Braine (DD-630) Fletcher Jan 03 USS Bristol (DD-857) Allen M. Sumner Jan 02 USS Brownson (DD-868) Gearing April 01 USS Buck (DD-420) Sims April 00 USS Buck (DD-761) Gearing Oct 00 USS Case (DD-370) Mahan April 98 USS Cassin (DD-372) Mahan April 98 USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570) Fletcher Oct 81 USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) Benson July 97 USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835) Gearing April 90 USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) Allen M. Sumner July 98 USS Charrette (DD-581) Fletcher Jan 05 USS Chevalier (DD-451) Fletcher Jan 98 USS Clark (DD-361) Porter Oct 96 USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) Charles F. Adams May 80 USS Cochran (DDG-21) Charles F. Adams Jan 01 USS Compton (DD-705) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Conner (DD-582) Fletcher April 84 USS Conway (DD-507) Fletcher Sept 83 USS Cony (DD-508) Fletcher July 04 USS Conyngham (DD-371) Mahan April 98 USS Cooper (DD-695) Allen M. Sumner July 98 USS Cooper (DD-695) Allen M. Sumner Jan 05 USS Coontz (DLG-9) Farragut July 07 USS Craven (DD-382) Gridley Jan 97 USS Cummings (DD-365) Mahan Oct 97 USS Cushing (DD-376) Mahan April 98 USS Dale (DD-353) Farragut July 96 USS Daly (DD-519) Fletcher Oct 01 USS Damato (DD-871) Gearing April 11 USS Davis (DD-395) Somers July 00 USS Davis (DD-937) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS Decatur (DD-936) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS DeHaven (DD-469) Fletcher Oct 05 USS Dewey (DD-349) Farragut July 96 USS Dixie (AD-14) Jan 88 USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) Allen M. Sumner April 01 USS Downes (DD-375) Mahan April 98 USS Drayton (DD-366) Mahan Oct 97 USS Drexler (DD-741) Allen M. Sumner Jul 05 USS Duncan (DD-485) Gleaves Jul 05 USS Dunlap (DD-384) Mahan/Dunlap Oct 00 USS Dupont (DD-941) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS Eberle (DD-430) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Ellett (DD-398) Benham Oct 98 USS Ellyson (DD-454/DMS-19) Gleaves Aug 87 USS Endicott (DD-495) Gleaves Jan 01 USS English (DD-696) Allen M. Sumner July 98 USS Epperson (DD-719) Gearing Jan 99 USS Ericsson (DD-440) Gleaves July 01 USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) Gearing Jan 99 USS Evans (DD-552) Fletcher July 94 USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) Gearing Jan 02 USS Fanning (DD-385) Mahan April 01 USS Farenholt (DD-491) Benson April 02 USS Farragut (DD-348) Farragut July 96 USS Farragut (DLG-6) Coontz Jan 06 USS Fletcher (DD-445) Fletcher Jan 98 USS Flusser (DD-368) Mahan Oct 97 USS Forrest Royal (DD-872) Gearing Oct 02 USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS Frank (DD-554) Fletcher Oct 00 USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858) Gearing July 01 USS Fullam (DD-474) Fletcher Jan 01 USS Gainard (DD-706) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Gearing (DD-710) Gearing Jan 99 USS George K. Mackenzie (DD-836) Gearing Oct 00 USS Gleaves (DD-423) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 97 USS Glennon (DD-840) Gearing Oct 01 USS Glover (AGDE-1) Glover Oct 04 USS Grayson (DD-435) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Gregory (DD-802) Fletcher Jan 83 USS Gridley (DD-380) Gridley Jan 97 USS Gwin (DD-433) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Gwin (DM-33) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1) Gearing Jan 99 USS Gyatt (DDG-1) Gearing Jan 99 USS Haggard (DD-555) Fletcher Jan 02 USS Halligan (DD-584) Fletcher Jan 94 USS Hammann (DD-412) Sims April 00 USS Hamner (DD-718) Gearing Jan 99 USS Hank (DD-702) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Haraden (DD-585) Fletcher July 01 USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Harry F. Bauer (DM-26) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Hawkins (DD-873) Gleaves July 01 USS Haynsworth (DD-700) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Helm (DD-388) Bagley April 97 USS Henderson (DD-785) Gearing July 95 USS Henderson (DD-785) Gearing July 06 USS Henley (DD-391) Bagley April 97 USS Henry A. Wiley (DM-29) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427) Benson July 97 USS Higbee (DD-806) Gearing July 95 USS Howorth (DD-592) Fletcher July 01 USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Hughes (DD-410) Sims April 00 USS Hull (DD-350) Farragut July 96 USS Hull (DD-945) Forrest Sherman Jan 01 USS Hunt (DD-674) Clemson Oct 90 USS Huse (DE-145) Edsall May 88 USS Hyman (DD-732) Allen M. Sumner Oct 02 USS Ingraham (DD-694) Allen M. Sumner July 98 USS Irwin (DD-794) Fletcher May 82 USS Isherwood (DD-520) Fletcher April 91 USS J. William Ditter (DM-31) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Jarvis (DD-393) Bagley April 97 USS Jeffers (DD-621) Gleaves July 00 USS Jenkins (DD-447) Fletcher Jan 98 USS John A. Bole (DD-755) Allen M. Sumner Oct 10 USS John Paul Jones (DD-932) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS John D. Edwards (DD-216) Clemson Jan 01 USS John D. Ford (DD-228) Clemson April 02 USS John S. McCain (DL-3/DDG-36) Mitscher April 02 USS John W. Weeks (DD-701) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS John Willis (DE-1027) Dealey Oct 09 USS Johnston (DD-557) Fletcher April 05 USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS Jouett (DD-396) Somers July 00 USS Kearny (DD-432) Gleaves Jan 85 USS Kearny (DD-432) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD-713) Gearing Jan 99 USS Kidd DD-661) Fletcher May 87 USS La Vallette (DD-448) Fletcher Jan 98 USS Laffey (DD-459) Benson Oct 04 USS Laffey (DD-724) Sumner July 10 USS Lamson (DD-367) Mahan Oct 97 USS Lang (DD-399) Benham Oct 98 USS Lansdale (DD-426) Benson July 97 USS Leary (DD-879) Gearing Oct 95 USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852) Gearing Jan 01 USS Lindsey (DM-32) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Livermore (DD-429) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Lowry (DD-770) Allen M. Sumner Jan 89 USS Ludlow (DD-438) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) Allen M. Sumner Nov 79 USS Macdonough (DD-351) Farragut July 96 USS Madison (DD-425) Benson July 97 USS Mahan (DD-364) Mahan Oct 97 USS Manley (DD-940) Forrest Sherman Oct 99 USS Mansfield (DD-728) Allen M. Sumner May 89 USS Massey (DD-778) Allen M. Sumner Oct 01 USS Maury (DD-401) Gridley Jan 97 USS Mayo (DD-422) Benson March 79 USS Mayo (DD-422) Benson July 97 USS Mayrant (DD-402) Benham Oct 98 USS McCaffery (DD-860) Gearing Sept 84 USS McCall (DD-400) Gridley Jan 97 USS McCalla (DD-488) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) April 02 USS McDougal (DD-358) Porter Oct 96 USS Melvin (DD-680) Fletcher April 06 USS Meredith (DD-434) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Meredith (DD-726) Allen M. Sumner Oct 05 USS Meredith (DD-890) Gearing April 01 USS Mertz (DD-691) Fletcher Jan 02 USS Mitscher (DL-2/DDG-35) Mitscher April 01 USS Moale (DD-693) Allen M. Sumner July 98 USS Moffett (DD-362) Porter Oct 96 USS Monaghan (DD-354) Farragut July 96 USS Monssen (DD-436) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Morris (DD-417) Sims April 00 USS Morton (DD-948) Hull Oct 92 USS Mugford (DD-389) Bagley April 97 USS Mullinix (DD-944) Forrest Sherman April 01 USS Mustin (DD-413) Sims April 00 USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829) Gearing July 95 USS New (DD-818) Gearing Jan 10 USS Newman K. Perry (DD/DDR-883) Gearing Jan 01 USS Niblack (DD-424) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 97 USS Nicholas (DD-449) Fletcher Jan 98 USS Norris (DD-859) Gearing Jan 07 USS O'Bannon (DD-450) Fletcher Jan 98 USS O'Brien (DD-415) Sims April 00 USS Ordronaux (DD-617) Benson Oct 00 USS Osmond Ingraham (DD-255/AVD-9/APD-35) Clemson Sept 89 USS Parsons (DD-949/DDG-33) Hull/Forrest Sherman Oct 01 USS Patterson (DD-392) Bagley April 97 USS Perkins (DD-377) Mahan April 98 USS Perry (DD-844) Gearing Oct 01 USS Phelps (DD-360) Porter Oct 96 USS Philip (DD-498) Fletcher Oct 00 USS Plunkett (DD-431) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Porter (DD-356) Porter Oct 96 USS Power (DD-839) Gearing April 10 USS Preston (DD-379) Mahan April 98 USS Pringle (DD-477) Fletcher April 01 USS Radford (DD-446) Fletcher Jan 98 USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) Bagley April 97 USS Reid (DD-369) Mahan Oct 97 USS Remey (DD-688) Fletcher Oct 95 USS Renshaw (DD-499) Fletcher July 00 USS Rhind (DD-404) Benham Oct 98 USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) Charles F. Adams Oct 08 USS Richmond K. Turner (DLG/CG-20) Leahy July 01 USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827) Gearing Jan 09 USS Robert H. Smith (DD-735/DM-23)   April 93 USS Robert H. Smith (DM-23) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781) Allen M. Sumner Jan 11 USS Roberts (DE-749) Cannon Jan 10 USS Robison (DDG-12) Charles F. Adams April 09 USS Roe (DD-418) Sims April 00 USS Rogers (DD-876) Gearing April 11 USS Rooks (DD-804) Fletcher April 02 USS Rowan (DD-405) Benham Oct 98 USS Rowan (DD-782) Gearing Jan 01 USS Rupertus (DD-851) Gearing July 00 USS Russell (DD-414) Sims April 00 USS Sampson (DD-394) Somers July 00 USS Schenk (DD-159) Tattnall April 04 USS Selfridge (DD-357) Porter Oct 96 USS Shannon (DM-25) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Shaw (DD-373) Mahan April 98 USS Shea (DM-30) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Sigourney (DD-643) Fletcher Jan 01 USS Sims (DD-409) Sims April 00 USS Smalley (DD-565) Fletcher Oct 02 USS Smith (DD-378) Mahan April 98 USS Snowden (DE-246) Jan 91 USS Soley (DD-707) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Somers (DD-381) Somers July 00 USS Southerland (DD-743) Gearing Apr 08 USS Sproston (DD/DDE-577) Fletcher Jan 01 USS Spruance (DD-963) Spruance Jan 09 USS Stack (DD-406) Benham Oct 98 USS Stanly (DD-478) Fletcher Jan 05 USS Sterett (DD-407) Benham Oct 98 USS Stribling (DD-867) Gearing Oct 10 USS Strong (DD-758) Allen M. Sumner Oct 01 USS Tattnall (DD-125/APD-19) Tattnall Jan 04 USS Theodore E. Chandler (DD-717) Gearing Jan 99 USS Thomas E. Fraser (DM-24) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Thompson (DD-627) Gleaves Oct 06 USS Timmerman (EDD-828/EAG-152) Gearing Jan 92 USS Tolman (DM-28) Destroyer Minelayers (Allen M. Sumner) April 99 USS Trippe (DD-403) Benham Oct 98 USS Tucker (DD-374) Mahan April 98 USS Turner (DD-648) Gleaves Jan 05 USS Vance (DE/DER-387) Apr 08 USS Varian (DE-798) Oct 95 USS Vesole (DDR/DD-878) Gearing July 93 USS Voge (DE-1047) Jan 05 USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) Gearing April 09 USS Wainwright (DD-419) Sims April 00 USS Wainwright (DLG-28) Belknap July 07 USS Waddell (DDG-24)   July 09 USS Waldron (DD-699) Allen M. Sumner July 98 USS Walke (DD-416) Sims April 00 USS Walke (DD-723) Allen M. Sumner Jul 06 USS Walke (DD-723) Allen M. Sumner Jan 11 USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703) Allen M. Sumner Jan 00 USS Ward (DD-139) Wickes Jan 92 USS Warrington (DD-383) Somers July 00 USS Weeden (DE-797) Buckley April 10 USS William M. Wood (DD-715) Gearing Jan 99 USS William R. Rush (DD-714) Gearing Jan 99 USS Willis A. Lee (DD-929) Mitscher Oct 07 USS Wilson (DD-408) Benham Oct 98 USS Walter X. Young (DE-715/APD-131) July 10 USS Wiltsie (DD-716) Gearing Jan 99 USS Winslow (DD-359) Porter Oct 96 USS Woodworth (DD-460) Benson July 00 USS Woolsey (DD-437) Gleaves (also known as Livermore) July 99 USS Worden (DD-352) Farragut July 96