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USS PLUNKETT (DD-431)

CLASS - GLEAVES As Built.
Displacement 2395 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 348' 4"(oa) x 36' 1" x 13' 2" (Max)
Armament 4 x 5"/38AA, 6 x 0.5" MG, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 50,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 208.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ. March 1 1939.
Launched March 9 1940 and commissioned July 17 1940.
Decommissioned May 3 1946.
Stricken November 1 1972.
To Taiwan February 16 1954, renamed Nan Yang.
Fate Stricken and scrapped in 1975.

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Plunkett 110kCharles Peshall Plunkett, born in Washington, D.C., 15 February 1864, was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1879. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, during which he served in Adm. Dewey’s Squadron at Manila Bay, he had commanded both North Dakota and South Dakota and had served as Director, Target Practice and Engineering Competitions for the Navy Department before the United States entered World War I. In July, 1918, he assumed command of the 5 Naval Railway Batteries in France. Under his direction those mobile units of 14” battleship guns supported French and American armies from 6 September until the Armistice. Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his service during the war, he later commanded Destroyers, US Atlantic Fleet, and served as Chief of Staff, Naval War College; President, Board of Inspection and Survey; and as Commandant, New York Navy Yard and the 3d Naval District. Retiring in 1928, Rear Admiral Plunkett died, in Washington, D.C., 24 March 1931. Digital ID: ggbain 37992, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Bill Gonyo
Plunkett 137kPre war iamge from the collections of Ingersol-Rand. Note that the date on the photo is incorrect.Ron Titus
Plunkett 48kNew York Harbor, August 5 1942.Robert Hurst
Plunkett 102kA series of photos from New York Navy Yard. The images at the pier are dated August 5, 1942.-
Plunkett 109kAs above.-
Plunkett 113kAs above.-
Plunkett 125kAs above.-
Plunkett 80kAs above.-
Plunkett 81kAs above.-
Plunkett 37kAs above.-
Plunkett 60kThe Plunkett painted in Measure 32 3D scheme, sometime between March 1943 and November 1944.Tracy White
On Taiwanese Service
Plunkett 84k1959, location unknown.Marc Piché
Plunkett 42k1962, location unknown.Robert Hurst

USS PLUNKETT DD-431 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Ted Mueller
Address: 318 E. Katherine Drive, Hainesville, IL 60030-3648
Phone: (847)548-4642
E-mail: Dd431vet@aol.com


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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