USS Fechteler

USS Fechteler (DD-870), named for Rear Admiral Augustus Francis Fechteler USN (1857–1921) and his son Lieutenant Frank Casper Fechteler (1897–1922), was a Gearing-class destroyer laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island in New York on 12 April 1945, launched on 19 September 1945 by Miss Joan S. Fechteler, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Fechteler and niece of Lieutenant Fechteler, and commissioned on 2 March 1946.

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DD-870
destroyer, Gearing-class destroyer, United States Navy, 

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1945-04-12T00:00:00Z

1945-04-12T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1946-03-02T00:00:00Z

1946-03-02T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1970-09-11T00:00:00Z

1970-09-11T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1945-09-19T00:00:00Z

1945-09-19T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Aft view of USS Fechteler (DD-870) c1945

USS Fechteler (DDR-870) underway c1961

USS Fechteler (DD-870) in April 1946

USS Fechteler (DD-870) underway in June 1964

USS Procyon (AF-61) replenishes USS Fechteler (DD-870) off Vietnam in 1970

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Aft view of USS Fechteler (DD-870) c1945		Commons
commons	image		USS Fechteler (DDR-870) underway c1961		Commons
commons	image		USS Fechteler (DD-870) in April 1946		Commons
commons	image		USS Fechteler (DD-870) underway in June 1964		Commons
commons	image		USS Procyon (AF-61) replenishes USS Fechteler (DD-870) off Vietnam in 1970		Commons