Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 552 |
Built by | Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 9 Sep 1940 |
Laid down | 21 Jul 1941 |
Launched | 4 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 11 Dec 1943 |
End service | 7 Nov 1945 |
History | USS Evans was heavily damaged by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 11 May 1945 while off Okinawa, 32 of her crew were lost. |
Commands listed for USS Evans (ii) (DD 552)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. Floyd Charles Camp, USN | 11 Dec 1943 | 1 Nov 1944 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Bosquet Neill Wev, USN | 1 Nov 1944 | 12 Mar 1945 |
3 | T/Cdr. Robert John Archer, USN | 12 Mar 1945 | 28 Aug 1945 |
4 | T/Lt.Cdr. John Edward Pace, USN | 28 Aug 1945 | 7 Nov 1945 |
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