| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 429 |
| Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1938 |
| Laid down | 6 Mar 1939 |
| Launched | 3 Aug 1940 |
| Commissioned | 7 Oct 1940 |
| End service | 24 Jan 1947 |
| History | Decommissioned 24 January 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Livermore (DD 429)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Vernon Huber, USN | 7 Oct 1940 | 4 Dec 1942 |
| 2 | Harry Edward Siedel, Jr., USN | 4 Dec 1942 | 8 Nov 1944 |
| 3 | Cdr. Kerfoot Bainbridge Smith, USN | 8 Nov 1944 | 24 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving Livermore include:
11 Jul 1942
USS Livermore and USS Mayo together pick up 32 survivors from the American merchant Santa Rita that was torpedoed and sunk on 9 July 1942 by German U-boat U-172 about 700 nautical miles north-east of Puerto Rico in position 26°11'N, 55°40'W.
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