USS Tillman (DD-641)
USS ''Tillman'' (DD-641), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for United States Senate, United States Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Ben Tillman. In commission from 1942 to 1947, she saw service in World War II, primarily in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Service history Construction and commissioning ''Tillman'' was Keel-laying, laid down on 1 May 1941 at the Charleston Navy Yard in Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; Ship naming and launching, launched on 20 December 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Charles Sumner Moore; and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 4 June 1942. 1942 From June until September 1942, ''Tillman'' underwent sea trials and shakedown cruise, shakedown off the United States East Coast. In September and October, the new destroyer escorted convoys and participated in exercises on the Eastern Sea Frontier before getting underway on 23 October from the Chesapeake Bay with a convoy bound for Operation Torch. Shortly ...
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