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USS WATTS (DD-567)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NIMU

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - BOOM TOWN

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 26 1943.
Launched December 31 1943 and commissioned April 29 1944.
Decommissioned April 12 1946 and recommissioned July 6 1951.
Decommissioned September 26 1969.
Stricken February 1 1974.
Fate Sold August 16 1974 to General Metals, Tacoma, WA and broken up for scrap.

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Watts 82kArtist's conception of the Watts 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
Watts 104kUndated, location unknown.LCDR R. J. Prinselaar USCG (RET)
Watts 140kUSS Watts (DD-567 taken in 1944, location unknown. US Navy photo.David Buell
Watts 204kTop half of Ship's last newspaper, April 29 1946, as she was preparing for decommissioning.Ed Zajkowski
Watts 179kBottom half of Ship's last newspaper, April 29 1946, as she was preparing for decommissioning.Ed Zajkowski
Watts 269kEntering Charleston, SC in July-August 1951.Albert Veliky
Watts 150kRefueling from USS Platte (AO-24), while operating with the Seventh Fleet, 19 July 1955. USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) is on port refueling station. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Joe Radigan
Watts 211kUSS Colahan (DD-658), USS Watts (DD-567), USS Tingey (DD-539) and USS Laws (DD-558) in Sasebo, Japan circa 1960-1962.John J. Gobbell
Watts 85kUSS Pictor (AF-54) during an underway replenishment with USS Watts (DD-567) and the HMCS Fraser (DDH 233) in 1968, WESTPAC.Richard Miller BMCS USNR (Ret.)
Watts 54kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski

USS WATTS DD-567 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Joseph Benedict Maher    Apr 29 1944 - ? (Later RADM)
(Decommissioned Apr 12 1946 - Jul 6 1951)
CDR Richard Holden    Jul 6 1951 - ?
CDR George Lawrence Block    ? 1952 - ?
CDR Bernhard Frankel    1957 - 1958
CDR William Dixon Robertson Jr.    Sep 1964 - 1965

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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