Allied Warships

USS McGowan (DD 678)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 678
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	14 Jun 1942
Laid down	30 Jun 1943
Launched	14 Nov 1943
Commissioned	20 Dec 1943
End service	30 Nov 1960
History	Decommissioned 30 April 1946. Recommissioned 6 July 1951. Decommissioned 30 November 1960. Transferred to Spain 30 November 1960 being renamed Jorge Juan (D 25). Jorge Juan was stricken from the Spanish Navy list 15 November 1988.

Commands listed for USS McGowan (DD 678)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. James Buchanan Weller, USN	20 Dec 1943	29 Mar 1944
2	T/Cdr. William Ruffin Cox, USN	29 Mar 1944	22 Jun 1945
3	Terrell Hoyt Wilhelm Conner, USN	22 Jun 1945	30 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving McGowan include:

6 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Melvin (Cdr. B.K. Atkins, USN), USS McGowan (Lt.Cdr. T.H.W. Conner, USN), USS Monssen (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Sanderson, USN) and USS Rowe (Cdr. A.L. Young, Jr., USN), with fuel.

11 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Cushing (Lt.Cdr. W.D. Adams, USN), USS McGowan (Lt.Cdr. T.H.W. Conner, USN), USS Colahan (Cdr. M.A. Shellabarger, USN) and USS Melvin (Cdr. B.K. Atkins, USN), with fuel.

23 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Melvin (Cdr. B.K. Atkins, USN), USS Colahan (Cdr. M.A. Shellabarger, USN), USS McDermut (Cdr. C.B. Jennings, USN) and USS McGowan (Lt.Cdr. T.H.W. Conner, USN), with fuel.

4 Aug 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. C. Wellborn, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Cushing (Lt.Cdr. W.D. Adams, USN), USS Twining (Cdr. F.V. List, USN), USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN) and USS McGowan (Lt.Cdr. T.H.W. Conner, USN), with fuel.

6 Aug 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. C. Wellborn, Jr., USN) topped off three of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Cushing (Lt.Cdr. W.D. Adams, USN), USS Colahan (Cdr. M.A. Shellabarger, USN) and USS McGowan (Lt.Cdr. T.H.W. Conner, USN), with fuel.