Hull Number: DE-286
Class: RUDDEROW
RUDDEROW Class
Namesake: SHELTON B. SUTTON, JR
SHELTON B. SUTTON, JR
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, September 2015
Shelton Beverly Sutton, Jr., born in Brewton, Ga., on 21 August 1919, was appointed ensign, USNR, on 21 April 1941. On 12 February 1942, Sutton was ordered to the 3d Naval District to await transportation to light cruiser Juneau (CL-52). He reported for duty in the new ship on 2 March 1942. Ens . Sutton was killed on 13 November 1942 when Juneau was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-26 and sunk with heavy loss of life in the aftermath of the nocturnal naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
Disposition:
William C. Cole (DE-286), a Rudderow-class destroyer escort, was renamed Sutton on 18 September 1943, but the contract for her construction by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, Mass., was cancelled on 12 March 1944.