Allied Warships

USS Stanly (DD 478)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 478
Built by	Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.)
Ordered	28 Jun 1940
Laid down	15 Sep 1941
Launched	2 May 1942
Commissioned	15 Oct 1942
End service	15 Jan 1947
History	Decommissioned 15 January 1947. Stricken 1 December 1970. Sold 16 December 1971 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Stanly (DD 478)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. James Marshall Robinson, USN	15 Oct 1942	2 Dec 1942
2	Lt. Ralph Jacob Baum, USN	2 Dec 1942	12 Dec 1942
3	T/Cdr. Robert William Cavenagh, USN	12 Dec 1942	1 Jan 1944
4	T/Lt.Cdr. John Benjamin Morland, USN	1 Jan 1944	25 Mar 1945
5	Lt.Cdr. Richard Shaw Harlan, USN	25 Mar 1945

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Notable events involving Stanly include:

24 Jan 1943
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises off Guantanamo Bay together with USS Claxton (Cdr. H.F. Stout, USN), USS Charles Ausburne (Lt.Cdr.L.K. Reynolds, USN) and USS Stanly (Cdr. R.W. Cavenagh, USN).