USS Chevalier (DD-451)

Navy	US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 451
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Laid down	30 Apr 1941
Launched	11 Apr 1942
Commissioned	20 Jul 1942
Lost	7 Oct 1943
Loss position	Scuttled by USS La Vallette (DD 448) on 7 October 1943 in position 07º30'S, 156º14'E.
History
	USS Chevalier (Cmdr George Rees Wilson) was damaged beyond repair by the Japanese destroyer Yugumo off Vella Lavella, Solomons Islands on 6 October 1943. 54 of her crew were killed and 58 wounded and the Survivors which included the Commanding officer who was wounded, were rescued by the USS Obannion. (DD 450)