Allied Warships

USS Sampson (DD 394)

Destroyer of the Somers class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassSomers 
PennantDD 394 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down8 Apr 1936 
Launched16 Apr 1938 
Commissioned19 Aug 1938 
End service8 Nov 1945 
History

Decommissioned 8 November 1945.
Stricken 28 November 1945.
Sold and broken up for scrap 29 March 1946.

 

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CommanderFromTo
Linsford Yandell Mason, Jr., USN
1Cdr. William Granat, USN19 Aug 1938Jun 1940

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