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Hull Number: DD-689

Launch Date: 08/07/1943

Commissioned Date: 10/19/1943

Decommissioned Date: 06/28/1962

Call Sign: NTEI (52-56)

Voice Call Sign: CANCER (59), BIGHORN (1944)


Namesake: GEORGE HENRY WADLEIGH

GEORGE HENRY WADLEIGH


Disposition:

Transferred to Chile, as loan, on 07/?/1962 as BLANCO ENCALADA (DD-14). Decommissioned in 1983.