USS Southerland (DD-743)

USS Southerland (DD-743)

USS Southerland (DD-743), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for William Henry Hudson Southerland, an admiral.

Southerland (DD-743) was laid down on 27 May 1944 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched on 5 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Edmund Richardson, daughter of Rear Admiral Southerland; and commissioned on 22 December 1944, Commander Russell C. Williams in command.