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Hull Number: DD-468

Launch Date: 06/07/1942

Commissioned Date: 08/28/1942

Decommissioned Date: 06/03/1969

Call Sign: NEXA

Voice Call Sign: CHART ROOM

Other Designations: DDE-468


Namesake: WILLIAM ROGERS TAYLOR

WILLIAM ROGERS TAYLOR


Disposition:

Transferred to Italy, as sale, on 07/02/1969 as LANCIERE (D-560). Struck from Italian Naval Vessel Register on 01/?/1971. cannibalized for spare parts to keep other Italian Fletchers going. Hulk to be eventually scrapped.