| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Somers |
| Pennant | DD 381 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Jun 1935 |
| Launched | 13 Mar 1937 |
| Commissioned | 1 Dec 1937 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned 13 October 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Somers (DD 381)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. James Edward Maher, USN | 1 Dec 1937 | late 1939 |
| 2 | Cdr. Jeffrey Caswell Metzel, Jr., USN | late 1939 | early 1942 (1) |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Arthur Crosby Wood, USN | early 1942 | 26 Feb 1943 |
| 4 | T/Cdr. William Christopher Hughes, Jr., USN | 26 Feb 1943 | 25 Oct 1944 (1) |
| 5 | Edward Michael Luby, USN | 25 Oct 1944 | 13 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Somers include:
20 May 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of St. Thomas together with USS Davis (Lt.Cdr. M.R. Peterson, USN) and USS Somers (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Wood, USN).
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