page_title: USS Waldron
section_title: Decommissioning
hierarchical_section_title: USS Waldron / United States service history / Decommissioning
caption_attribution_description: English: The Colombian destroyer ARC Santander (DD-03) underway alongside the U.S. navy guided missile cruiser USS Belknap (DLG-26) during the exercise UNITAS XV, in 1974. ARC Santander was originally commissioned in the U.S. Navy as USS Waldron (DD-699).
context_page_description: USS Waldron, an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John C. Waldron, a U.S. Naval aviator who led a squadron of torpedo bombers in World War II.
context_section_description: On 30 October 1973, Waldron was decommissioned at Mayport. She was simultaneously transferred, by sale, to the Colombian Navy. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 31 October 1973.
caption: ARC Santander (DD-03), in 1974.
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