Allied Warships

USS Anthony (DD 515)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 515
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	17 Aug 1942
Launched	20 Dec 1942
Commissioned	26 Feb 1943
End service	17 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned 17 April 1946. Transferred to West Germany on 17 January 1958 being renamed Z-1. Z-1 was stricken in 1976. Sunk as a target in the Mediterranean on 16 May 1979.

Commands listed for USS Anthony (DD 515)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Blinn van Mater, USN	26 Feb 1943	2 Jul 1944
2	T/Cdr. Clyde James Van Arsdall, Jr., USN	2 Jul 1944	5 Aug 1945
3	Jackson Hunter Raymer, USN	5 Aug 1945	17 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Anthony include:

24 Jan 1945
USS Searaven (T/Lt.Cdr. T.M. Ustick, USN) conducted A/S exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Bennett (T/Cdr. J.N. McDonald, Jr., USN) and USS Anthony (T/Cdr. C.J. van Arsdall, Jr., USN). (1)