Allied Warships

USS Frazier (DD 607)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 607
Built by	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	5 Jul 1941
Launched	17 Mar 1942
Commissioned	30 Jul 1942
End service	14 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned 14 April 1946. Stricken 1 July 1971. Sold 6 October 1972 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Frazier (DD 607)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Frank Virden, USN	30 Jul 1942	8 Jun 1943
2	T/Cdr. Elliott Mitchell Brown, USN	8 Jun 1943	12 Apr 1944
3	T/Cdr. Francis O`Connor Fletcher, Jr., USN	12 Apr 1944	13 Jan 1945
4	John Norton Rentfro, USN	13 Jan 1945	15 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Frazier include:

13 Jun 1943
15 miles East of Sirius Point, Kiska, Alaska USS Frazier sights two periscopes and opens fire on them. The Japanese submarine I-9 (offsite link) dives, but the Frazier hit the periscopes. The destroyer makes sonar contact and attacks with depth charges. Air bubbles, oil and debris rise to the surface, but the Frazier makes two more attacks to ensure that the submarine is sunk. The I-9 is lost with all hands in position 52°08'N, 177°38'E.