USS Shields (DD-596)

USS Shields (DD-596) Naval History

Final Disposition:Transferred to Brazil 1 July 1972 The keel of the destroyer Shields was laid on 10 August 1943 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton Washington. Sponsored by First Lieutenant Margaret Shields Farr WAC the great-granddaughter of Purser Shields the destroyer was launched on 25 September 1944 and commissioned on 8 February 1945 Commander George B. Madden USN in command.

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