USS Eaton DD510

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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.



















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