Allied Warships

USS Phelps (DD 360)

Destroyer of the Porter class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassPorter 
PennantDD 360 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down2 Jan 1934 
Launched18 Jul 1935 
Commissioned26 Feb 1936 
End service24 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 24 June 1946
Stricken 28 January 1947
Sold 10 August 1947 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Phelps (DD 360)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Albert Harold Rooks, USN26 Feb 1936???

2Cdr. Harold Biesemeier, USN1939???

3Cdr. Albert MacQueen Bledsoe, USN1940???

4Cdr. Walfred Nyquist, USN1941Dec 1941
5Lt.Cdr. Edward Louis Beck, USNDec 1941Oct 1942

6Lt.Cdr. John Ellis Edwards, USNMay 194314 Dec 1943
7Lt.Cdr. David L. Martineau, USN14 Dec 194326 Aug 1944
8Lt.Cdr. Robert Broussard Erly, USN26 Aug 1944Dec 1945

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Noteable events involving Phelps include:


8 May 1942
During the Battle of the Coral Sea USS Phelps (Lt.Cdr. E.L. Beck) was ordered to sink the badly damaged US aircraft carrier USS Lexington with torpedoes in position 15º12'S, 155º27'E. (see map)

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