USS Witek, 1947-1953

Witek (DD-848) was laid down on 16 July 1945 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works; launched on 2 February 1946; sponsored by Mrs. Nora Witek, the mother of Private 1st Class Witek; and commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard on 23 April 1946, Comdr. Nels C. Johnson in command.

Witek was decommissioned at Norfolk, Va., on 19 August 1968, the ship's name was struck from the Navy list on 17 September 1968. She was then berthed at the Inactive Ship Facility, Norfolk, to await final disposition.

[Taken from the entry on Witek in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.]