Allied Warships

USS McKean (ii) (DD 784)

Destroyer of the Gearing class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassGearing 
PennantDD 784 
Built byTodd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered7 Aug 1942 
Laid down15 Sep 1944 
Launched31 Mar 1945 
Commissioned9 Jun 1945 
End service 
History

Decommissioned in 1981.
Stricken 1 October 1981.
Transferred to Turkey 2 November 1982 and cannibalized for spare parts.

 

Commands listed for USS McKean (ii) (DD 784)

Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

CommanderFromTo
1T/Cdr. William Daniel Kelly, USN9 Jun 194511 Dec 1946

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore


Return to the Allied Warships section



As an Amazon Associate uboat.net earns a commission from qualifying purchases.