USS Eaton DD510
Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 510 |
Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 17 Mar 1942 |
Launched | 20 Sep 1942 |
Commissioned | 4 Dec 1942 |
Decommissioned | 21 June 1946. |
History | Sunk 1 Japanese suicide
boat 10th January 1945 very close to Eaton exploding shrapnel injuried
many on board and killing 1 crew member. Reclassified as DDE-510 on 2 January 1951. Recommissioned 11 December 1951. Reverted back to DD-510 on 30 June 1962. Stricken 2 July 1969. Sunk as a target off Florida on 27 March 1970. |