Allied Warships

USS Caldwell (DD 605)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 605
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Co. (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	24 Mar 1941
Launched	15 Jan 1942
Commissioned	10 Jun 1942
End service	16 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned 16 April 1946. Stricken 1 May 1965. Sold for scrap 4 November 1966.

Commands listed for USS Caldwell (DD 605)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. John Fancis Newman, Jr., USN	10 Jun 1942	22 Feb 1943
2	T/Cdr. Horatio Alonzo Lincoln, USN	22 Feb 1943	24 Feb 1944 (1)
3	T/Cdr. George Wendelburg, USN	24 Feb 1944	12 Dec 1944 (1)
4	Dunlap Roberts Robinson, USNR	12 Dec 1944	7 Jan 1945 (1)
5	Lt.Cdr. Richard Shaw Harlan, USN	7 Jan 1945	30 Jan 1945 (1)
6	Cmdr Dunlap Roberts Robinson, USNR	30 Jan 1945	24 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Caldwell include:

29 Dec 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) was undocked and then departed Seeadler Harbour for Pearl Harbour. No.3 propeller had been removed and sucured on the deck of the ship. During the trip to Pearl Harbour Iowa was escorted by the destroyers USS Caldwell (Lt.Cdr. D.R. Robinson, USNR), USS Killen (Cdr. H.G. Corey, USN) and USS Lamson (Cdr. J.V. Noel, Jr., USN).

For the daily positions of USS Iowa during this passage see the map below.

9 Jan 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) departed Pearl Harbour for San Francisco. She was escorted by the destroyers USS Caldwell (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Harlan, USN) and USS Killen (Cdr. H.G. Corey, USN).

For the daily positions of USS Iowa during this passage see the map below.