Allied Warships

USS Remey (DD 688)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 688
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	15 Jul 1942
Laid down	22 Mar 1943
Launched	25 Jul 1943
Commissioned	30 Sep 1943
End service	30 Dec 1963
History	Decommissioned 10 December 1946. Recommissioned 14 November 1951. Decommissioned 30 December 1963. Stricken 1 December 1974. Sold 10 June 1976 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Remey (DD 688)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Reid Puryear Fiala, USN	30 Sep 1943	1 May 1945
2	T/Lt.Cdr. John Bernard Balch, USN	1 May 1945	12 Jun 1946

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Notable events involving Remey include:

4 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off three of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Wren (Cdr. E.A. McDonald, USN), USS Watts (Lt.Cdr. C.S. Hart, USN) and USS Remey (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Balch, USN), with fuel.

19 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS McDermut (Cdr. C.B. Jennings, USN), USS Remey (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Balch, USN), USS Melvin (Cdr. B.K. Atkins, USN) and USS Mertz (Cdr. W.S. Maddox, USN), with fuel.