...ge of USS Bennion underway on 13 January 1945.|frameless|right|x250px|U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bennion (DD-662) underway on 13 January 1945]]
...ed after the Battle of France in Europe when Congress passed the Two-Ocean Navy Act on July 19th, allowing for the construction of 115 destroyers. The Flet
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...se Force}}. Two ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1959 until 1974.
...ary (DD-664)]] were commissioned in early 1944 coming from the Boston Navy Yard and saw active combat during the war. After Japan's unconditional surrender
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...ine warfare until 1974, when she was decommissioned and returned to the US Navy. She was scrapped in 1976 together with her sister.
...re and training ship roles. Yūgure would end up serving with the Japanese Navy until 1974 before the ship was returned to the U.S. and ultimately sold for
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