USS Wilkinson (DL-5)

1954-1969

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Mitscher class

DD · Destroyer

Shipyard:

Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard

Mitscher class

Timeline

Date	Event
1948	Ordered	as DD-930
Feb 1, 1950	Laid down
Feb 9, 1951		reclassified as DL-5
Apr 23, 1952	Launched
Jul 29, 1954	Commissioned
Dec 19, 1969	Decommissioned
May 1, 1974	Struck
Jun 13, 1975	Fate: scrapped	Luria Brothers, Philadelphia