Construction and Commissioning
Waldron was laid down on 16 November 1943 at Kearny, N.J., by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; launched on 26 March 1944; sponsored by Miss Nancy Waldron; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 7 June 1944, Comdr. George E. Peckham in command.
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“There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face:
He was a gentleman on whom I built
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)