| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Fletcher |
| Pennant | DD 530 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 9 Sep 1940 |
| Laid down | 17 Mar 1942 |
| Launched | 22 Oct 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1943 |
| End service | 11 May 1965 |
| History | Decommissioned 18 January 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Trathen (DD 530)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Alvord John Greenacre, USN | 28 May 1943 | 8 Jan 1944 |
| 2 | T/Capt. Fondville Lee Tedder, USN | 8 Jan 1944 | 28 Apr 1944 |
| 3 | T/Cdr. John Raymond Millett, USN | 28 Apr 1944 | 18 Jan 1946 |
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Notable events involving Trathen include:
29 May 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Mertz (Cdr. W.S. Maddox, USN) and USS Trathen (Cdr. J.R. Millett, USN), with fuel.
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