The USS Fletcher DD 445 (pictured below) was the lead ship of the most famous class of destroyers in the history of the United States Navy. Today when sailors think of destroyers from the WWII era they envision a Fletcher class destroyer with a bone in her teeth as her sleek hull slices through the sea. Fletcher served in World War II, Korea, the Cold War and Vietnam. She was decommissioned on August 1, 1969.
The new USS Fletcher DD 992 (pictured above) was commissioned on 07/12/1980.
