High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Porterfield (DD-682) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Lewis B. Porterfield (1879–1942). Porterfield was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, California 12 December 1942; launched 13 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Louis B. Porterfield; and commissioned 30 October 1943, Commander J. C. Woefel in command. Following her shakedown, Porterfield joined Task Force 53 (TF 53), getting underway 12 January 1944 and arriving off the Marshalls on the 31st. Porterfield's first job was shore bombardment on Ennomennet and Ennubirr Islands, followed by harassing and neutalizing fire on Roi and Namur.

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