USS Theodore Chandler
USS ''Theodore E. Chandler'' (DD-717) was a destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She was named for Theodore E. Chandler. ''Theodore E. Chandler'' was laid down on 23 April 1945 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding Company; launched on 20 October 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Theodore E. Chandler; and commissioned on 22 March 1946. 1946–1949 After shakedown near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, she escorted and while the two aircraft carriers trained new pilots. Then, on 20 September, she stood out of New York bound for the west coast. The destroyer transited the Panama Canal on 26 September and joined Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 17 at San Diego on 7 October. After amphibious and fleet exercises on the west coast, she departed San Diego on 6 January 1947 bound for Japan. The warship reached Yokosuka on 25 January. Operating from Japan—where she called at such places as Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Sasebo—she visited Tsingtao ...
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