USS Shields (DD-596)

1945-1972

Later Maranhao (D33)

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Fletcher class

DD · Destroyer

Shipyard:

Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company

Fletcher class

Timeline

Date	Event
Aug 10, 1943	Laid down
Sep 25, 1944	Launched
Feb 8, 1945	Commissioned
Jun 14, 1946		to reserve
Jul 15, 1950		recommissioned
Nov 30, 1963		reclassified as Naval Reserve Training ship
Jul 1, 1972	Decommissioned
Jul 1, 1972	Fate: transfered	to Brazil as Maranhao