Allied Warships

USS McCord (DD 534)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 534
Built by	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	17 Mar 1942
Launched	10 Jan 1943
Commissioned	19 Aug 1943
End service	9 Jun 1954
History	Decommissioned 15 January 1947. Recommissioned 1 August 1951. Decommissioned 9 June 1954. Stricken 1 October 1972. Sold 2 January 1974 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS McCord (DD 534)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. William Talty Kenny, USN	19 Aug 1943	26 Aug 1944
2	T/Cdr. Fred Daniel Michael, USN	26 Aug 1944	15 Jan 1947

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Notable events involving McCord include:

30 Apr 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS McCord (Cdr. F.D. Michael, USN) and USS Bullard (Cdr. B.W. Freund, USN), with fuel.

6 May 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS McCord (Cdr. F.D. Michael, USN) and USS Cushing (Cdr. L.F. Volk, USN), with fuel.

9 May 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Heerman (Cdr. A.T. Hathaway, USN) and USS McCord (Cdr. F.D. Michael, USN), with fuel.

3 Jun 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Cushing (Lt.Cdr. W.D. Adams, USN) and USS McCord (Cdr. F.D. Michael, USN), with fuel.

7 Jun 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Heerman (Cdr. A.T. Hathaway, USN) and USS McCord (Cdr. F.D. Michael, USN), with fuel.

1 Aug 1951
LCdr Edward Matthew Higgins assumed command on re-commissioning (1)

11 Aug 1953
Cdr Coulter assumed command relieving E M Higgins (1)