USS Watts (DD-567)

USS Watts (DD-567) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in May 1944. During World War II, Watts served in the Pacific Theater, providing anti-aircraft and anti-submarine screening for carrier task forces and supporting amphibious landings, including operations in the Philippines and Okinawa. The ship endured kamikaze attacks and performed vital rescue and escort missions. After the war, USS Watts was decommissioned in 1946 and placed in reserve, eventually being struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1971.