USS Quick (DD-490)

USS Quick (DD-490)

USS Quick (DD-490/DMS-32), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Sergeant Major John H. Quick (1870–1922), who received the Medal of Honor “for gallantry in action” at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 14 June 1898, during the Spanish-American War.

Quick was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey on 3 November 1941. It was completed and launched on 3 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. William T. Roy, niece of Sergeant Major Quick. She was commissioned on 3 July 1942, with Lieutenant Commander R. B. Nickerson in command.