High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Walter C. Wann (DE-412) was a John C. Butler class destroyer escort built by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas. She was launched on 19 January 1944. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Anna Wann, the mother of Pharmacist’s Mate Wann, the ship`s namesake. She was commissioned on 2 May 1944 with Lt. Comdr. John W. Stedman, Jr., USNR, in command. She received four battle stars for World War II service. She was decommissioned on 31 May 1946 and placed in reserve at San Diego, California after two years and one month active service. It was struck from the Navy Register on 30 June 1968 for disposal. In June 1969 it was sold to the National Metal and Steel Company, Terminal Island, California for scrapping.