Keel Laid - February 6, 1962: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

Port Broadside View before launching – February 26, 1963: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

Looking Aft – May 21, 1963: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

Looking Aft – May 7, 1962: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

Sliding Down Ways @ Launching Ceremony – February 26, 1963: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

Looking Aft – August 22, 1963: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

Looking Aft – August 22, 1962: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

The guided missile destroyer USS Waddell (DDG-24) slides down the ways at the Seattle Division, Todd Shipyards Corporation, on Tuesday, 26 February 1963. Sponsored by Mrs. Howard W. Cannon, wife of Nevada U.S. Senator Howard W. Cannon (D), the Waddell is the fourth guided missile destroyer to be built by the Seattle firm.

Looking Aft – November 5, 1963: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

Looking Aft – November 6, 1962: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

The US Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, USS Waddell, 23^rd of her class and fourth to be built by Todd Shipyards Corporation’s Seattle Division, settled in the water, after being christened and launched by Mrs. Howard Cannon, wife of the senator from Nevada.

Looking Aft – February 20, 1964: USS Waddell DDG-24, Todd Shipyards Corporation – Seattle Division

The US Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, USS Waddell, 23^rd of her class and fourth to be built by Todd Shipyards Corporation’s Seattle Division, in readiness at her berth, prior to being christened and launched on February 16, 1963. Mrs. Howard Cannon, wife of the senator from Nevada, was her sponsor. The vessel carries the name of James Iredell Waddell, storied "sea raider" of the American Confederacy.