| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 586 |
| Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 9 Sep 1940 |
| Laid down | 19 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 1 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 Nov 1943 |
| End service | 20 Nov 1945 |
| History | Heavily damaged by 5 Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 6 April 1945 off Okinawa, 43 of her crew were lost and the Commanding officer Commander Ira Ellis Mcmillan was amongst those wounded. |
Commands listed for USS Newcomb (DD 586)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Cdr. Lawrence Blanchard Cook, USN | 10 Nov 1943 | 20 Nov 1944 |
| 2 | T/Cdr. Ira Ellis McMillian, USN | 20 Nov 1944 | 30 Sep 1945 |
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