According to shipping records, there have been five vessels that have borne the name Evans. The first such vessel was the Wickes Class Destroyer DD-78, which was built and launched on Oct. 30, 1918 by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine. The Evans spent time patrolling and then was decommissioned on May 22, 1922 and placed in the Reserve Fleet.
Bulloch History with Roger Allen - Evans ship fought in World War II