USS Gwin (DD-433), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander William Gwin, an American Civil War officer who commanded river boats against Confederate forces in Alabama.

USS Gwin (DD-772/DM-33/MMD-33) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy. She was named for William Gwin. Gwin was launched by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, Los Angeles on 9 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Jesse W. Tarbill, second cousin and sponsor of the previous Gwin (DD-433).

USS Gwin (DM-33) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer-minelayer, commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1958. She was transferred to Turkey in 1971 and renamed TCG Muavenet (DM-357). She was scrapped in 1992.

Lieutenant Commander John B. Fellows, captain of USS Gwin, a destroyer that saw considerable combat until she was sunk during the Battle of Kolombangara, July 13, 1943. There, the ship participated in one of the most storied actions thus far in the war—accompanying the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on its fateful mission to launch the Doolittle ...

USS Gwin (DD-433) escorted a reinforcement echelon from Guadalcanal to Rendova, then raced out in to the "Slot" 7 July to rescue 87 survivors of cruiser USS Helena, lost in the Battle of Kula...

USS Gwin (DD-433), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the 3rd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander William Gwin, an American Civil War officer who commanded river boats against Confederate forces in Alabama.

A fourth USS Gwin (DM 33), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer converted as a Robert H. Smith destroyer-minelayer, was built at Bethlehem, San Pedro and commissioned 30 September 1944. Source: Naval History & Heritage Command Photographic Section and DANFS

USS Gwin (DD-433) approaches USS Hornet (CV-8) from astern, with USS Nashville (CL-43) beyond, while en route to the mission's launching point. The ships are framed by the tail of a USAAF B-25B, parked on the rear of the carrier's flight deck. U.S. …

From Eniwetok, Gwin steamed to the Nansei Shoto on 17 March to sweep the area around Okinawa, the scene of one of the war’s bloodiest and most heroic invasions. Acting in a variety of roles—antisubmarine screen, radar picket ship, minesweeper and fire support— Gwin [remained] off Okinawa the following five months, almost to the very end ...

Gwin escorted a reinforcement echelon from Guadalcanal to Rendova, then raced out in to the “Slot” 7 July to rescue 87 survivors of cruiser Helena, lost in the Battle of Kula Gulf. She then joined a cruiser-destroyer task force under Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth to head off a formidable “Tokyo Express” headed through the Solomon ...