USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD 713)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Gearing
Pennant	DD 713
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	21 Sep 1944
Launched	17 Jun 1945
Commissioned	31 Jul 1945
End service	20 Jan 1970
History	Reclassified as DDR-713 on 9 April 1953. Reverted back to DD-713 on 1 January 1969. Decommissioned 20 January 1970. Stricken 1 February 1974. Transferred to Iran 13 January 1975 and cannibalized for spare parts.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Gilbert Haven Richards, Jr., USN	31 Jul 1945	12 Aug 1946 (1)

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