USS Putnam

USS Putnam

Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS "Putnam" for Charles Putnam.

* The first "Putnam" (DD-287) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1929.
* The second "Putnam" (DD-757) was an "Allen M. Sumner"-class destroyer, commissioned in 1944 and struck in 1973.
*USS "The Sullivans" (DD-537) was laid down as USS "Putnam", renamed before launching in 1943.

ee also

*USS "General Putnam", a gunship that served during the Civil War (1861–65).


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