USS Willard Keith (DD-775)

USS Willard Keith (DD-775) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer commissioned by the United States Navy in December 1944. She served in the Pacific Theater during the final months of World War II, participating in operations off Okinawa and supporting the occupation of Japan. After the war, Willard Keith performed various duties including training missions and patrols during the early Cold War period. The destroyer remained active through the Korean War and into the 1960s before being decommissioned in 1972 and eventually sold for scrap.