Allied Warships

USS Wadsworth (DD 516)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 516
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	18 Aug 1942
Launched	10 Jan 1943
Commissioned	16 Mar 1943
End service	18 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned 18 April 1946. Transferred to West Germany on 6 October 1959 being renamed Z-3. Z-3 was transferred to Greece on 30 October 1980 being renamed Nearchos. Nearchos was stricken in 1991.

Commands listed for USS Wadsworth (DD 516)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. John Franklin Walsh, USN	16 Mar 1943	22 Aug 1944
2	T/Cdr. Raymond Dennis Fusselman, USN	22 Aug 1944	7 Aug 1945
3	Harry Charles Mason, USN	7 Aug 1945	18 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Wadsworth include:

1 Sep 1943
USS Wadsworth (Cdr. J.F. Walker, USN) sank the Japanese submarine I-182 (offsite link) with depth charges off the southern coast of Espiritu Santo in position 15°38'S, 166°57'E.