Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Decatur, after the early hero Stephen Decatur. The first Decatur was a sloop-of-war in service from 1840 to 1859. Decatur (DD-5) Decatur (DD-341) Decatur (DD-936/DDG-31) was a destroyer in service from 1956 to 1983, later converted to the Self Defense Test Ship. Decatur (DDG-73) is a guided missile destroyer commissioned in 1998 and on active service as of 2003. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.