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USS STODDARD (DD-566)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NEBX

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - BUCK BOARD

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 Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding. March 10 1943.
Launched November 19 1943 and commissioned April 15 1944.
Decommissioned 8 July 1946, recommissioned 9 March 1951.
Decommissioned September 26 1969.
Stricken June 1 1975 (the last Fletcher Class Destroyer to be stricken).
Fate Continued to serve as a test platform for the Pacific Missile Range until 1992,
and finally sunk by Navy SEALS NW of Hawaii 22 July 1997
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Stoddard 82kArtist's conception of the Stoddard as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Stoddard 111kUndated, location unknown.The USS Stoddard (DD-566) and the USS Van Valkenburgh (DD-656).Robert M. Cieri
Stoddard 70kUndated, location unknown.Robert M. Cieri
Stoddard 28kApril 1944, location unknown.-
Stoddard 97kApril 21 1944 off Vashon Island which is just out of the channel from Bremerton and Puget Sound Navy Yard. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 16d.Tracy White
Stoddard 74kAs above.Tracy White
Stoddard 95kCirca 1950's, location unknown.David Buell
Stoddard 270kCover of the recommissioning pamphlet, March 9 1951.Robert M. Cieri
Stoddard 120kUSS Stoddard (DD-566) and USS Braine (DD-630) in San Diego circa 1956-57.Everett Ellestad
Stoddard 74kSan Diego, February 5 1966.© Richard Leonhardt
Stoddard 61kUSS STODDARD DD-566, at Long Beach Naval Station in 1979. It was being used for target practice cuz it has a few holes in it. All the AA guns were dismantled and the torpedo tubes (triple mounts) was sheared in half by some missile or ordnance. The Destroyer in the background is the USS Higbee DD-806. Larry Lee
USS STODDARD DD-566 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: John Stoyle
Address: 2417 Foxfield Dr., Glenshaw, PA 15116
Phone: (412)486-1569
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

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