USS Henley (DD-762)

Photo courtesy Rich Schetroma

USS Henley
DD-762 (Sumner Class)

Builder:        Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco (Union Iron Works)
Laid Down:      February 8, 1944
Launched:       April 8, 1945
Commissioned:   October 8, 1946
                September 23, 1950
Decommissioned: March 15, 1950
Recommissioned: September, 1950
Decommissioned: July, 1973
Fate:           Naval Reserve Force 1964
                Stricken July 2, 1973 and broken up
                (This was the last active non-FRAM destroyer)

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