There's a website about the USS Stephen Potter at http://www.plateau.net/usndd/dd538/. It gives this information about the ship: Builder: Federal Shipbuilding Company Laid Down: November 14, 1942 Launched: March 28, 1943 Commissioned: May 31, 1943 Fate: Stricken October 1, 1972 DOL is seeking information on the USS Stephen Potter and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed and DOL will incorporate them into this page. The Fletcher Class as Constructed Displacement: 2,325 tons (2,924 tons Full load) Length: 376 feet 5 inches Beam: 39 feet 7 inches Draught: 13 feet 9 inches Machinery: four Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2-shaft G.E.C. geared turbines Performance: 60,000 shp for 38 knots Bunkerage: 492 tons Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 15 knots Guns: five 5 inch; four 1.1 inch; four 20 mm Torpedoes: ten 21 inch ================================ There is also a link to the history of the ship which I assume would tell who it was named for, but it doesn't seem to be working. : ( You might try contacting the "Destroyers Online" folks. Information about contacting them is on this page http://www.plateau.net/usndd/ddsemail.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <GRice88600@aol.com> To: <POTTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 12:39 AM Subject: POTTER, Nancy Adeline: b. 1831in Indiana>MO>IA>WA It is an interesting coincidence that my > father and one of his brothers served in the Navy in W.W.II aboard a > destroyer called "The Stephen Potter." I am also, trying to find out if > there is a connection!? Who was Stephen Potter?! Thanks for reading this!! > Glenna Rice > >