USS Kalk (ii) DD611
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Bristol |
Pennant | DD 611 |
Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 30 Jun 1941 |
Launched | 18 Jul 1942 |
Commissioned | 17 Oct 1942 |
Decommissioned | 3 May 1946 |
History | While on
patrol 12 June off the southern coast of Biak, an enemy plane dived out of
the sun and released a bomb which struck abaft her forward stack causing
severe damage to the ship and 29 casualties
among her crew Stricken 1 June 1968. Sunk as a target off the coast of Florida 20 March 1969. |