Hull Number: DD-517
Launch Date: 01/31/1943
Commissioned Date: 04/03/1943
Decommissioned Date: 07/02/1969
Call Sign: NWBZ
Voice Call Sign: HEADBAND (62-65)
Namesake: JOHN GRIMES WALKER
JOHN GRIMES WALKER
Disposition:
Stricken 7/2/1969. Transferred to Italy, as sale, on 07/02/1969 as Fante (D-561). Retired from service in 1977.