Allied Warships

USS Uhlmann (DD 687)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 687
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.)
Ordered	14 Jun 1942
Laid down	6 Mar 1943
Launched	30 Jul 1943
Commissioned	22 Nov 1943
End service	15 Jul 1972
History	Decommissioned 14 June 1946. Recommissioned 23 May 1950. Decommissioned 15 July 1972. Stricken 15 July 1972. Sold 21 March 1974 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Uhlmann (DD 687)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Selden Gain Hooper, USN	22 Nov 1943	10 Mar 1945
2	T/Cdr. Selden Clobridge Small, USN	10 Mar 1945	4 Jun 1946

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Notable events involving Uhlmann include:

4 Jun 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Heerman (Cdr. A.T. Hathaway, USN) and USS USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN), with fuel.

7 Jun 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off three of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN), USS Watts (Lt.Cdr. C.S. Hart, USN) and USS Melvin (Cdr. B.K. Atkins, USN), with fuel.

5 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off three of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS McDermut (Cdr. C.B. Jennings, USN), USS Melvin (Cdr. B.K. Atkins, USN) and USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN), with fuel.

8 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN) and USS Twining (Cdr. F.V. List, USN), with fuel before Iowa herself was fuelled by the USS Cahaba (Lt.Cdr. J. Burnbaum, USNR).

9 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 Stockham (Cdr. D.L. Moody, USN), USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN) and USS Colahan (Cdr. M.A. Shellabarger, USN), with fuel.

13 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off five of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Cushing (Lt.Cdr. W.D. Adams, USN), USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN), USS Wedderburn (Lt.Cdr. R.W. Clark, USN), USS Mertz (Cdr. W.S. Maddox, USN) and USS Smalley (Lt.Cdr. H.A. Cassidy, Jr., 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.

11 Aug 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. C. Wellborn, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Benham (Lt.Cdr. W.L. Poindexter, USN), USS Cogswell (Cdr. R.N. Perley, Jr., USN), USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN) and USS Stockham (Cdr. D.L. Moody, USN), with fuel. Following the fuelling of these destroyers Iowa herself was fuelled by the oiler USS Neches (Cdr. H.G. Hansen, USN).