Hull Number: DD-596
Launch Date: 09/25/1944
Commissioned Date: 02/08/1945
Decommissioned Date: 07/01/1972
Call Sign: NWFD
Voice Call Sign: GLEN POOL, HENCOOP, PRIVATEER
Namesake: THOMAS SHIELDS
THOMAS SHIELDS
Disposition:
Stricken 7/1/1972. Transferred to Brazil, as sale, on 07/01/1972 as MARANHAO (D-33). Sold by Brazil 7/1/1990.