Allied Warships

USS McNair (DD 679)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 679
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	30 Dec 1943
End service	30 Dec 1963
History	Decommissioned 28 May 1946. Recommissioned 6 July 1951. Decommissioned 30 December 1963. Stricken 1 December 1974. Sold 10 June 1976 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS McNair (DD 679)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Montgomery Lientz McCullough, Jr., USN	30 Dec 1943	28 Apr 1945
2	T/Cdr. Bruce Percy Ross, USN	28 Apr 1945

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Notable events involving McNair include:

3 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS McNair (Cdr. B.P. Ross, USN) and USS Wadleigh (Cdr. R.C. Morton, USN), with fuel.