The USS Seaman (DD-791) was a Gearing-class destroyer built for the United States Navy, named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Allen L. Seaman, a distinguished naval aviator awarded two Navy Crosses for his service in the Pacific War. The ship's construction began on July 10, 1945, at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation in Seattle, Washington. She was launched on May 29, 1946, with Mrs. Barbara K. Seaman, widow of Lt. Comdr. Seaman, serving as her sponsor. Despite her launch, the USS Seaman was never commissioned into active service. Instead, she was delivered in a partially complete state on June 25, 1946, to the officer-in-charge of demobilized shipping for the 13th Naval District. Following her delivery, she was assigned to the Bremerton Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet, where she remained mothballed and inactive for several years. The vessel's service life was limited; she was struck from the Navy list on March 1, 1961. Subsequently, her hulk was sold to the First Steel and Ship Corporation in New York City on September 12, 1961. She was later delivered to the Learner Company in Alameda, California, on September 22, 1961, for scrapping. Overall, the USS Seaman's history reflects the post-World War II drawdown of naval vessels, with her incomplete construction and subsequent reserve status underscoring her limited operational role. Although she never saw active service, her construction and eventual scrapping mark her as a part of the broader story of the Gearing-class destroyers and the U.S. Navy's post-war fleet reduction.

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