USS Newcomb (DD-586) was a Fletcher -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Commodore Frank H. Newcomb of the United States Revenue Cutter Service, Congressional Gold Medal recipient from the Spanish–American War.

The U.S.S. Newcomb, a 2100 ton destroyer of the Fletcher class, was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on November 10, 1943. After a short shakedown trip to Bermuda, she proceeded to the Pacific where she participated in the following campaigns and operations as a close-in fire support ship: Saipan, Palau, Leyte, Ormoc, Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf ...

Laid down and launched at Boston Navy Yard side-by-side with Bennion and commissioned 10 November 1943, the 125th ship of the 2,100-ton Fletcher class, Newcomb was named for the commander of revenue cutter Hudson in the Spanish-American War.

Operating in the face of continued and persistent air attacks throughout five major campaigns, the U.S.S. NEWCOMB blasted Japanese shore emplacements, screened our attacking transports and effectively laid support barrages for amphibious assaults.

In this classic sea battle, Newcomb and her sisters played a key role in the great American victory which insured the success of MacArthur’s return to the Philippines, and effectively ended major Japanese naval threats for the remainder of the war.

USS Newcomb (DD-586) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Commodore Frank H. Newcomb of the United States Revenue Cutter Service, Congressional Gold Medal recipient from the Spanish-American War.

The USS Newcomb, a 2,100-ton destroyer attacked by seven Jap suicide planes near Ie Shima in the Ryukyus within a two hour period on April 6, 1945, absorbed four hits, shot down three Kamikazes and through superhuman firefighting efforts by her crew and men from another destroyer, the USS Leutze, was kept afloat and towed to an advanced repair ...

USS Newcomb DD-586 was a square-bridge Fletcher-class destroyer built at the Boston Navy Yard and was the 125th of her class. Launched and commissioned in 1943, Newcomb participated in the invasion of Saipan and Tinian, Palau, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

As flagship of Destroyer Squadron 56, Newcomb joined in the Leyte landings 12 October to 4 December, covering underwater demolition teams and firing preinvasion-bombardment, call-fire,...

2010年4月6日 · After having read William R. Wells, II (Wells2)'s story of First Lieutenant (later Commodore), Frank H. Newcomb, USRCS's, performance during the Spanish American War, in which Wells2 noted that the Navy had named a destroyer after Commodore Newcomb, and seeing reference to USS Newcomb on the Navy History and Heritage Foundation Facebook page ...