USS O'Bannon (DD-450)
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USS O'Bannon, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon, the Marine Corps's "hero of Derna".
O'Bannon off Mare Island on 8 January 1944
O'Bannon shortly after commissioning
Japanese submarine Ro-34, the victim of O'Bannon's potato armament
O'Bannon (right) and Selfridge after the Battle of Vella Lavella, 1943
This list catalogs the most honored US Naval vessels of the Second World War. It is placed in descending order of earned Battle Stars; descending accorded unit recognitions; descending ship size by ty
USS O'Bannon (DD-450)
…of the United States Navy to be named after Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon (1784–1850), the Marine Corps's "hero of Derna". O'Bannon was the US Navy's most decorated destroyer during World War II, earning 17 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. First serving in the naval battle of Guadalcanal, where she helped to…
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USS O'Bannon off the Mare Island Navy Yard in 1951