John W. Thomason (DD-760) was
launched by
Bethlehem Steel Co.,
San Francisco, California, 30 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John W. Thomason, widow of Colonel Thomason; and
commissioned on 11 October 1945.
Service in the United States Navy on 19 October 1945 The new destroyer conducted shakedown training out of
San Diego, followed by a series of Naval Reserve training cruises from
Seattle and San Francisco. From November 1947 to December 1948 the ship carried out training maneuvers. She sailed on 5 December 1948 for her first deployment to the Far East, arriving at
Tsingtao on 1 January 1949 for operations supporting the
Marines ashore in China. Departing 24 May 1949,
John W. Thomason returned via
Okinawa to San Diego on 23 June 1949 and spent the remainder of the year training. In 1984, a sailor named Huang Guozhang went overboard and was presumed dead, the investigation have not been disclosed. == References ==