This section is designed to present information on the history of the Merrick, from its commissioning in 1944 till its final decommissioning in 1969.   Currently contains 3 articles but more can be added - just send them in or give them to the website editor at a reunion.  You can download the following articles on the History of the Merrick by clicking on them.

Merrick History 1945

Short History of Merrick 1945-1969

Operation JACKSTAY

USS MERRICK COMMANDING OFFICERS
LCDR WALTER EDWARD REED USNR
CAPT JAMES HAMPDEN HOWAED USN-RADM
CAPT JOHN JOSEPH HOURIHAN USN-RADM
CAPT JAMES DORR GRANT USN-RADM
CAPT HARRY HULL USN-RADM
CAPT DEWITT CLINTON McIVER  JR USN
CAPT JOHN MACAULY STEINBECK USN
CAPT EDWARD EARL HOFFMAN USN
CAPT GEORGE WAUGH ALBIN JR USN
CAPT WILLIAM WILDER TRICE USN
CAPT RAPHAEL ANDREW (RAY) ZOLLER USN
CAPT AUBYN LESTER ADKINS USN
CAPT  ROBERT EMMETT FITZGERALD USN
CAPT STEPHENS ???
CAPT KENNETH FRANK ROWELL USN
CAPT LAWRENCE EARL FLINT JR USN
CDR WILLIAM HENRY COWLES SELF USN
CAPT JOHN HARRIS NICHOLSON USN-VADM
LCDR THOMAS SHINE JR.
ABOVE INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM www.navsource.org/archives/10/02/02097.htm