Allied Warships

USS Forrest (DD 461)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 461 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered12 Jun 1940 
Laid down6 Jan 1941 
Launched14 Jun 1941 
Commissioned13 Jan 1942 
End service30 Nov 1945 
History

Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-24 15 November 1944.
Decommissioned 30 November 1945.
Stricken 19 December 1945.
Sold 20 November 1946 and broken up for scrap.

 

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1Lcmdr Merle van Metre, USN13 Jan 1942

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