USS Stephen Potter (DD-538)

USS Stephen Potter (DD-538)

USS Stephen Potter (DD-538), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Ensign Stephen Potter (1896–1918), a naval aviator during World War I. She was commissioned in 1943 and served in the Pacific during World War II. She was then mothballed until 1951 whereupon she saw service in several areas including the Korean War. In 1958 she was placed in reserve, and scrapped in 1973.