Hull Number: DD-780
Launch Date: 11/04/1944
Commissioned Date: 01/27/1945
Decommissioned Date: 12/05/1970
Call Sign: NKQT
Voice Call Sign: LUCKY STRIKE, HOTSPRING (53-56), STORAGE EASY
Namesake: MAX CLIFFORD STORMES
MAX CLIFFORD STORMES
Disposition:
Fram II. Transferred to Iran, as sale, on 02/16/1972 as PALANG (DDG-9), as replacement for the non-framed ex-PALANG (DD-8) (ex-GAINARD (DD-709)). Not operated since 1994 but may not have actually been scrapped.