Allied Warships

USS John W. Weeks (DD 701)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 701
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	17 Jan 1944
Launched	21 May 1944
Commissioned	21 Jul 1944
End service	12 Aug 1970
History	Decommissioned 8 February 1950. Recommissioned 24 October 1950. Decommissioned and stricken 12 August 1970. Sunk as a target off the coast of Virginia 19 November 1970.

Commands listed for USS John W. Weeks (DD 701)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Robert Alfred Theobald, Jr., USN	21 Jul 1944	25 Jul 1945
2	T/Cdr. William Lockhart Harmon, USN	25 Jul 1945	4 Feb 1946

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Notable events involving John W. Weeks include:

26 Aug 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. Robert Alfred Theobald, JR.) departed from New York for shakedown and training of Bermuda.

16 Oct 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) departed from New York bound for Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada.

7 Nov 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) arrived back at New York.

10 Nov 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) departed from New York bound for the Pacific.

17 Nov 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) transits the Panama Canal.

28 Nov 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) arrived at San Francisco, California.

30 Nov 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) departed from San Francisco bound for Pearl Harbor.

5 Dec 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

24 Dec 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) arrived at Eniwetok.

27 Dec 1944
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) arrived at Ulithi.

2 Jan 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) departed from Ulithi to participate in the landings at Luzon, Philippines.

28 Jan 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) returns to Ulithi.

10 Feb 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) departed from Ulithi with TF 58.

4 Mar 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) arrived back at Ulithi.

14 Mar 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) departed from Ulithi with TF 58 to participate in the Okinawa landings.

1 Jun 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) arrived at Leyte, Philippines.

1 Jul 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. Robert Alfred Theobald. Jr.) departed from Leyte, Philippines with TF 38 to operate of the Japanese mainland.

9 Aug 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. William L Harmon) is damaged by friendly gunfire during an attack by Japanese kamikaze aircraft east of Honshu, Japan in position 35°00'N, 143°00'E. One men is killed and 11 are injured.

8 Sep 1945
USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. William L. Harmon) arrived at Tokyo Bay.