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USS Norman Scott (DD 690)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 690
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	15 Jul 1942
Laid down	26 Apr 1943
Launched	28 Aug 1943
Commissioned	5 Nov 1943
End service	30 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned 30 April 1946. Stricken 15 April 1973. Sold 3 December 1973 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Norman Scott (DD 690)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Seymour Dunlop Owens, USN	5 Nov 1943	24 Jul 1944 (+)
2	Lt. (jg) Will C. Jumper, USNR	24 Jul 1944	24 Jul 1944
3	Lt. Hope Strong, Jr., USN	24 Jul 1944	24 Jul 1944
4	Lt. (jg) John P. Harlow, USNR	24 Jul 1944	24 Jul 1944
5	Sidney Kenneth Tulley, USNR	24 Jul 1944	10 Aug 1944
6	T/Lt.Cdr. William Baxter Porter, USN	10 Aug 1944	16 Sep 1945
7	William Jones Hughes, Jr., USN	16 Sep 1945	30 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Norman Scott include:

The USS Norman Scott was damaged seriously by Japanese shore batteries off the southern coast of Tinian, during the invasion of Tinian on July 24, 1944. The Norman Scott was detailed to draw fire away from the invasion that was taken place north of the island. The Norman Scott was hit six times in a few seconds. The Commanding officer Cmdr Seymour Dunlop Owens was killed along with 22 of his ship mates, 57 were wounded. The navy made a RKO film called This is America - Navy Yard. It was about the Norman Scott's battle damage repair at Mare Island. The Norman Scott was one of the ships of the destroyer squadron of Desron 54. The destroyers from Desron 54 opened up the battle of Surigao Strait. The destroyer's of Desron 54 sank the Japanese battle ship Fuso and sank two destroyers. The Norman Scott was on the way to that battle after her repair. Later in the war Desron 54 went in with Halsey's three battle ships to bomb the Japanese homeland - the seaport city of Muroran on July 15, 1945.