Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 684 |
Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Jun 1942 |
Laid down | 10 Jun 1943 |
Launched | 1 Aug 1943 |
Commissioned | 9 Mar 1944 |
End service | 1969 |
History | Decommissioned on 4 April 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Wedderburn (DD 684)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. John Lester Wilfong, USN | 9 Mar 1944 | 14 Aug 1944 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Hansford Kendall, USN | 14 Aug 1944 | 14 May 1945 |
3 | Lcmdr Robert William Clark, USN | 14 May 1945 | 4 Apr 1946 |
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Notable events involving Wedderburn include:
CDR John Lester Wilfong Mar 9 1944 - Aug 1944 CDR Charles Hansford Kendall Aug 1944 - Dec 1945 LCDR Robert William Clark Dec 1945 - Apr 4 1946 (Decommissioned Apr 4 1946 - Nov 21 1950) (1)
13 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off five of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Cushing (Lt.Cdr. W.D. Adams, USN), USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN), USS Wedderburn (Lt.Cdr. R.W. Clark, USN), USS Mertz (Cdr. W.S. Maddox, USN) and USS Smalley (Lt.Cdr. H.A. Cassidy, Jr., USN), with fuel.
16 Aug 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. C. Wellborn, Jr., USN) topped off three of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Twining (Cdr. F.V. List, USN), USS Cogswell (Cdr. R.N. Perley, Jr., USN) and USS Wedderburn (Lt.Cdr. R.W. Clark, USN), with fuel.
21 Aug 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. C. Wellborn, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Wedderburn (Lt.Cdr. R.W. Clark, USN), USS Twining (Cdr. F.V. List, USN), USS Stockham (Cdr. D.L. Moody, USN) and USS Frazier, with fuel.
24 Aug 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. C. Wellborn, Jr., USN) topped off three of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Wedderburn (Lt.Cdr. R.W. Clark, USN), USS Stockham (Cdr. D.L. Moody, USN) and USS Twining, with fuel.
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