Allied Warships

USS Eberle (DD 430)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Benson / Gleaves
Pennant	DD 430
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	15 Aug 1938
Laid down	12 Apr 1939
Launched	14 Sep 1940
Commissioned	4 Dec 1940
End service
History	Decommissioned 3 June 1946. Stricken 24 January 1951. Transferred to Greece 22 January 1951 and renamed Niki. Niki was stricken and scrapped in 1972.

Commands listed for USS Eberle (DD 430)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Edward Randolph Gardner, USN	4 Dec 1940	15 May 1942 (1)
2	Lt. Robert Stephens Ford, USN	15 May 1942	30 May 1942
3	Lt.Cdr. Karl Frederick Poehlmann, USN	30 May 1942	31 Mar 1943 (1)
4	T/Cdr. Clare Brown Smiley, USN	31 Mar 1943	17 Nov 1944 (1)
5	T/Lt.Cdr. Harry Curtis Transue, USN	17 Nov 1944	5 Oct 1945
6	Lt.Cdr. Robert William Savage, USN	5 Oct 1945	3 Jun 1946 (1)

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Notable events involving Eberle include:

19 Apr 1945
USS R-1 (Lt. W.A. Schoenfeld, USN) conducted A/S exercises off Casco Bay, Maine together with USS Woolsey (Lt.Cdr. W.M. Shifflette, USN), USS Eberle (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Transue, USN) and USS Cates (Lt.Cdr. T.N. Broaddus, USNR).