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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.