Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Gearing |
Pennant | DD 888 |
Built by | Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Jun 1943 |
Laid down | 5 Jan 1945 |
Launched | 16 Jun 1945 |
Commissioned | 31 Oct 1945 |
End service | 1 Jul 1972 |
History | Escorted carriers, landed Korean intelligence teams on hostile shores and carried out shore bombardment during Korean War. Served one tour in Vietneam War in 1966. 1 July 1972 Transferred to Greek Navy as Kanaris (D-212)Stricken in 1994. Removed 8 April 2002 from Suda Bay, Crete, towed to Turkey to be scrapped. |
Commands listed for USS Stickell (DD 888)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. Francis Edward Fleck, Jr., USN | 31 Oct 1945 | 21 Jun 1947 |
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