Allied Warships

USS Grayson (DD 435)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Benson / Gleaves
Pennant	DD 435
Built by	Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.)
Ordered	1 Oct 1938
Laid down	17 Jul 1939
Launched	7 Aug 1940
Commissioned	14 Feb 1941
End service	4 Feb 1947
History	Decommissioned 4 February 1947. Stricken 1 June 1972. Sold 12 June 1974 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Grayson (DD 435)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lcmdr Thomas Murray Stokes, USN	14 Feb 1941	30 May 1942 (1)
2	Lt.Cdr. Frederick Jackson Bell, USN	30 May 1942	22 Apr 1943 (1)
3	T/Cdr. Henry Otto Hansen, USN	22 Apr 1943	14 Nov 1943 (1)
4	William Veazie Pratt, 2nd, USN	14 Nov 1943	25 Jan 1945 (1)
5	Everett Alan Trickey, USN	25 Jan 1945	29 Jan 1946 (1)

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Notable events involving Grayson include:

1 Dec 1944
USS Caiman (Cdr. F.C. Lucas, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Saipan together with USS Cassin (Cdr. V.J. Meola, USN), USS Ellet (Cdr. E.C. Rider, USN) and USS Grayson (Cdr. W.V. Pratt, III, USN).

2 Dec 1944
USS Caiman (Cdr. F.C. Lucas, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Saipan together with USS Cassin (Cdr. V.J. Meola, USN), USS Ellet (Cdr. E.C. Rider, USN) and USS Grayson (Cdr. W.V. Pratt, III, USN).