NavSource Main Page FAQ Contact us Search NavSource

Waving US Flag

 NavSource Naval History
Photographic History of the United States Navy		 DESTROYER
ARCHIVE

USS EVANS (DD-552)

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Gulf Shipbuilding, Chickasaw Ala. July 21 1941.
Launched October 4 1942 and commissioned December 11 1943.
Heavily damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft May 11 1945 off Okinawa.
Decommissioned November 7 1945.
Stricken November 28 1945.
Fate Sold February 11 1947 and broken up for scrap.
32 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Contributed
By
Evans 68kPhoto #: NH 98480. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN halftone reproduction of a photograph copyrighted by Enrique Muller in 1907, and published circa 1908 by F. Ficke, 1778 Post Street, San Francisco, California. Rear Admiral Evans commanded the "Great White Fleet" during the first leg of its 1907-1909 voyage around the World. Collection of Martin Fenne. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Evans 65kUndated, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 7d.-
Evans 13kUndated, location unknown.-
Evans 50kWorld War II image, location unknown.Pieter Bakels
Evans 172kCasualties from USS Evans (DD-552) are brought aboard USS PCER-855 from USS Ringness (APD-100), after Evans was damaged by Kamikaze attacks while on radar picket duty off Okinawa on 11 May 1945. Photographed from on board PCER-855. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Evans 92kNavy Photo 5491-45 (cropped) broadside view of the USS Evans (DD 552) showing her battle damage upon arrival at Mare Island on 28 July 1945. She is berthed at the yards ammunition depot.Darryl Baker
Evans 51kNavy Photo 5494-45 (cropped) broadside view of the USS Evans (DD 552) showing her battle damage upon arrival at Mare Island on 28 July 1945.Darryl Baker
USS EVANS DD-552 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Stu Beals
Address: 3116 West 28th Circle, Lawrence, KS 66047
Phone: (785)843-0257
E-mail: None

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.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

Back To The Main Photo Index To The Destroyer Index Page


Comments and Suggestions about this page, E-mail DestroyerInfo
Problems and site related matters, E-mail Webmaster

This Page Is Created And Maintained By Fred Willshaw (ex DD692)
All Pages Copyright © 1996-2008 Paul R. Yarnall © 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.