Stanley Kent Butler

USS Black (DD-666) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in July 1943. Named after Lieutenant Commander Hugh D. Black, the ship served extensively in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in major operations such as the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and the Okinawa campaign. After the war, USS Black continued to serve during the Korean War, providing naval gunfire support and escort duties. The destroyer was decommissioned in 1969 and eventually sold for scrap in 1971.