USS PICKING (DD-685)

USS PICKING (DD-685) was a Fletcher-class destroyer commissioned by the United States Navy in 1943. She served with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in key operations such as the Leyte Gulf landings and the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, PICKING was decommissioned but later recommissioned for service during the Korean War, providing naval gunfire support and screening aircraft carriers. The ship continued to serve through the early years of the Cold War before being decommissioned for the final time in 1969.