USS Mansfield (DD-728)

USS Mansfield (DD-728)

USS Mansfield (DD-728), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Sergeant Duncan Mansfield, a Marine who, in 1804, during the First Barbary War sailed with Lieutenant Stephen Decatur aboard the Intrepid on a covert mission to destroy the recently captured Philadelphia.

The name Mansfield was canceled for DD-594 and reassigned to DD-728 on 26 July 1943. DD-594 was renamed Hart on 21 March 1944 before launching.