Allied Warships

USS Purdy (DD 734)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 734
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	22 Dec 1943
Launched	7 May 1944
Commissioned	18 Jul 1944
End service
History	Decommissioned at an unknown date. Stricken 1 July 1973. Sold 11 June 1974 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Purdy (DD 734)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Frank Lesher Johnson, USN	18 Jul 1944	24 Jul 1945
2	T/Cdr. Wilson Gartley Reifenrath, USN	24 Jul 1945	Nov 1947

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Notable events involving Purdy include:

7 Feb 1945
With her shakedown completed USS Purdy departed from Trinidad bound for San Diego, California.

17 Mar 1945
USS Purdy arrived at Leyte, Philippines.

27 Mar 1945
USS Purdy departed from Leyte to participate in the Okinawa campaign.

1 Apr 1945
USS Purdy arrived in the Okinawa area.

12 Apr 1945
USS Purdy is heavily damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft of Okinawa in position 27°16'N, 127°50'E. 15 of her crew were killed and 58 were wounded. Purdy put into Kerama Retto for temporary repairs. Later she headed to Guam for further repairs.

28 May 1945
USS Purdy arrived at San Francisco for full repairs and overhaul.