Allied Warships

USS James C. Owens (DD 776)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 776
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	9 Apr 1944
Launched	1 Oct 1944
Commissioned	17 Feb 1945
End service	15 Jul 1973
History	Decommissioned 3 April 1950. Recommissioned 20 September 1950. Decommissioned and stricken 15 July 1973. Transferred to Brazil 15 July 1973 being renamed Sergipe. Sergipe was stricken 17 October 1995 and broken up.

Commands listed for USS James C. Owens (DD 776)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Richard Hutchings Blair, USN	17 Feb 1945

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Notable events involving James C. Owens include:

10 May 1945
USS James C. Owens (Cdr. Richard Hutchings Blair) departed from San Pedro bound for Pearl Harbor.

16 May 1945
USS James C. Owens (Cdr. R.H. Blair) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

24 May 1945
USS James C. Owens (Cdr. R.H. Blair) departed from Pearl Harbor bound for Okinawa (through Eniwetok and Ulithi).

17 Jun 1945
USS James C. Owens (Cdr. R.H. Blair) arrived off Okinawa.

24 Jun 1945
USS James C. Owens (Cdr. R.H. Blair) departed from the Okinawa area for Leyte.

13 Jul 1945
USS James C. Owens (Cdr. Richard Hutchings Blair) departed from Leyte to operate with the fleet of the Japanese mainland for the remainder of the war.