Книга: USS John R. Pierce (DD-753): USS John L. Williamson DE-370, USS John J. Powers DE-528, USS John D. Ford DD-228, USS Jesse Rutherford DE-347, USS Jerome County LST-848, Landing Ship

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS John R. Pierce (DD-753), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander John Reeves Pierce, who commanded Argonaut, a transport submarine, which was lost during battle in January of 1943. Lieutenant Commander Pierce was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. John R. Pierce was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, New York on 24 March 1944 launched on 1 September 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Mary Taylor Pierce, widow of Lieutenant Commander. Pierce and commissioned on 30 December 1944 at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Commander C. R. Simmers in command.