| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 559 |
| Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 9 Sep 1940 |
| Laid down | 16 Jun 1942 |
| Launched | 4 Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 4 Dec 1943 |
| Lost | 18 May 1945 |
| Loss position | 26° 11'N, 127° 34'E |
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| History | Grounded of the southern end of Okinawa on 18 May 1945 and sunk by Japanese shore batteries in position 26°11'N, 127°37'E, 84 of her crew were lost including the Commanding Officer Lt.Cdr. Clarence William Becker, USN, with the ship. |
The American destroyer USS Longshaw (DD 559) lost on 18 May 1945 in position 26° 11'N, 127° 34'E.Commands listed for USS Longshaw (DD 559)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Daniel Thomas Birtwell, Jr., USN | 4 Dec 1943 | 8 Dec 1943 |
| 2 | Neal Almgren, USN | 8 Dec 1943 | 13 Dec 1943 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Hursey Speck, USN | 13 Dec 1943 | 28 Jan 1945 |
| 4 | T/Cdr. Theodore Robert Vogeley, USN | 28 Jan 1945 | 10 May 1945 |
| 5 | Clarence William Becker, USN | 10 May 1945 | 18 May 1945 (+) |
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