USS Spence

USS Spence (DD-512), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was laid down on 18 May 1942 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched on 27 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Eben Learned; and commissioned on 8 January 1943. The ship was named for Robert T. Spence, superintendent of the construction of USS Ontario (1813), and captain of USS Cyane (1815).

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Spence
length 114.8 metre, speed 35 knot, 
Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer, United States Navy, Bath Iron Works, 

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1942-05-18T00:00:00Z

1942-05-18T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1943-01-08T00:00:00Z

1943-01-08T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1942-10-27T00:00:00Z

1942-10-27T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

USS Spence (DD-512) underway off Guadalcanal on 23 March 1944 (80-G-48564)

USS Spence (DD-512) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 25 March 1943 (BS 42093)

USS Edison (DD-439), USS Schroeder (DD-501), USS Spence (DD-512) and USS Foote (DD-511) at naval Station Norfolk in 1943 (80-G-K-14999)

USS Spence (DD-512) in San Francisco Bay on 9 October 1944 (NH 99102)

USS Spence (DD-512) in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on 9 October 1944 (19-N-80398)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Spence (DD-512) underway off Guadalcanal on 23 March 1944 (80-G-48564)		Commons
commons	image		USS Spence (DD-512) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 25 March 1943 (BS 42093)		Commons
commons	image		USS Edison (DD-439), USS Schroeder (DD-501), USS Spence (DD-512) and USS Foote (DD-511) at naval Station Norfolk in 1943 (80-G-K-14999)		Commons
commons	image		USS Spence (DD-512) in San Francisco Bay on 9 October 1944 (NH 99102)		Commons
commons	image		USS Spence (DD-512) in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on 9 October 1944 (19-N-80398)		Commons