Hull Number: DD-497
Launch Date: 05/17/1942
Commissioned Date: 03/31/1943
Decommissioned Date: 03/04/1946
Namesake: JOHN FRANKFORD
JOHN FRANKFORD
Disposition:
Sunk as target 12/04/1973 at 19 deg 40.4 min N., 65 deg 20.3 min W. by aircraft and Naval gunfire.