USS Killen (DD-593) [SEP] vessel class
USS Killen (DD-593)
USS "Killen" (DD-593), a "Fletcher"-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Edward Killen, who served in the First Barbary War. Killen volunteered for Lieutenant Stephen Decatur's daring 1804 expedition into Tripoli Harbor to destroy "Philadelphia", a United States frigate captured by Tripolitan pirates.
"Killen" was launched on 10 January 1943, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. Inez Cowdrey; and commissioned on 4
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USS ABSD-2 repaired the battleship USS "Mississippi" BB-41 on 12 October 1944. On 2 December 1944 the USS "Claxton" (DD-571) a entered ABSD-2 for repair of after a kamikaze attack that damaged her off Leyte on 1 November 1944. ABSD-2 repaired the USS "Canberra" (CA-70) a after an attack on 13 October 1944 from an aerial torpedo. ABSD-2 repaired USS "Killen" (DD-593) also a " Fletcher class" destroyer with kamikaze damage from an attack off Leyte on 1 November