uss sproston dde577

USS Sproston (DDE-577) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1943. During World War II, she served in the Pacific Theater, participating in operations such as the Gilberts, Marianas, and Okinawa campaigns, providing fire support and anti-submarine screening for carrier groups. After the war, Sproston was decommissioned but was later modernized and recommissioned as an escort destroyer (DDE) during the Cold War, serving in the Korean and Vietnam War eras. She was finally decommissioned in 1968 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1973.