Allied Warships

USS Eaton (DD 510)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 510
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	17 Mar 1942
Launched	20 Sep 1942
Commissioned	4 Dec 1942
End service
History	Decommissioned 21 June 1946. Reclassified as DDE-510 on 2 January 1951. Recommissioned 11 December 1951. Reverted back to DD-510 on 30 June 1962. Stricken 2 July 1969. Sunk as a target off Florida on 27 March 1970.

Commands listed for USS Eaton (DD 510)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Edward Louis Beck, USN	4 Dec 1942	3 Sep 1943
2	T/Lt.Cdr. Edward Frank Jackson, USN	3 Sep 1943	27 Mar 1944
3	Lt.Cdr. Fritz Gleim, USN	27 Mar 1944	23 Dec 1944
4	T/Cdr. Chesford Brown, USN	23 Dec 1944	5 Sep 1945
5	James Louis May, USN	5 Sep 1945	21 Jun 1946

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Notable events involving Eaton include:

10 Apr 1945
Around 0800I/10, Task Group 74.3, made up of the light cruisers USS Phoenix (T/Capt. J.H. Duncan, USN, flying the flag of COMCRUDIV 15, T/Rear-Admiral R.S. Berkey, USN), HMAS Hobart (Capt. R.S. Dowling, RAN) and the destroyers USS Nicholas (T/Cdr. D.C. Lyndon, USN, with COMDESRON 21, T/Capt. J.K.B. Ginder, USN on board), USS Fletcher (T/Lt.Cdr. R.R. Green, USN), USS Jenkins (T/Cdr. P.D. Gallery, USN), USS O'Bannon (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN), USS Taylor (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. de Laureal, USN) and HMAS Warramunga (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Alliston, DSC and Bar, RN) departed Subic Bay for exercises.

Around 1700I/10, Task Group 74.2, made up of the light cruisers USS Denver (Capt. T.F. Darden, Jr., USN, flying the flag of COMCRUDIV 21, T/Rear-Admiral R.S. Riggs, USN), USS Cleveland (T/Capt. H.G. Hopwood, USN), USS Montpelier (T/Capt. W.A. Gorry, USN) and the destroyers USS Conway (T/Cdr. J.H. Besson, Jr., USN, with COMDESDIV 44, T/Capt. S.G. Hooper, USN on board), USS Stevens (T/Cdr. G.W. Pressey, USN), USS Cony (T/Cdr. A.W. Moore, USN), USS Eaton (T/Cdr. C. Brown, USN), USS Young (T/Cdr. D.G. Dockum, USN) and USS Sigourney (T/Lt.Cdr. F. Hale, Jr., USN) joined the exercises until 2345I/10 when they parted company.

All ships of Task Group 74.3 returned to Subic Bay on 11 April. Some rather early in the day but some, which had continued with exercises arrived later in the day. (1)