Allied Warships

USS Mervine (DD 489)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 489
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	3 Nov 1941
Launched	3 May 1942
Commissioned	17 Jun 1942
End service	27 May 1949
History	Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-31 on 30 May 1945. Decommissioned 27 May 1949. Stricken 31 July 1968. Sold 27 October 1969 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Mervine (DD 489)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Solomon David Willingham, USN	17 Jun 1942	22 Jun 1943
2	T/Cdr. Dale Roderick Frakes, USN	22 Jun 1943	31 Jan 1945
3	T/Cdr. Irving Stahl Presler, USN	31 Jan 1945

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Notable events involving Mervine include:

12 Jul 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Mervine (Lt.Cdr. S.D. Willingham, USN).

13 Jul 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Mervine (Lt.Cdr. S.D. Willingham, USN).

19 Jul 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Mervine (Lt.Cdr. S.D. Willingham, USN) and USS Meade (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Lamb, USN).

20 Jul 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Mervine (Lt.Cdr. S.D. Willingham, USN) and USS Meade (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Lamb, USN).

3 Aug 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Mervine (Lt.Cdr. S.D. Willingham, USN).