USS Nields (DD-616)
USS ''Nields'' (DD-616) was a Benson class destroyer, ''Benson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. Namesake Henry C. Nields was born on 18 March 1838 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was appointed Mate on 11 February 1863 and Acting Ensign (rank), Ensign on 11 July 1864. Assigned to , he earned Admiral David G. Farragut's praise for his part in the rescue of survivors from after that Monitor (warship), monitor had gone down, mined within of Confederate States of America, Confederate guns during the Battle of Mobile Bay. Nields and his boat crew saved one officer, eight enlisted men, and ''Tecumseh's'' pilot, braving "one of the most galling fires" that Farragut had ever seen. Advanced to the rank of Lieutenant commander (United States), Lieutenant Commander on 1 July 1870, Nields died on 13 December 1880. Construction and commissioning ''Nields'' was laid down on 15 June 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Fore River, Massachusetts; launched on ...
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