Appleby, USS - Naval destroyer on the military comedy ENSIGN O'TOOLE/NBC/ABC/1962-64. Its peacetime crew members included Ensign O'Toole (Dean Jones), Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson (Jay C. Flippen); Supply Officer Lt. Rex St. John (Jack Mullaney); Executive Officer Lt. Cmd. Virgil Stoner (Jack Albertson); Seaman Howard Spicer (Beau Bridges); Seaman Claude White (Bob Sorrells); and Seaman Gabby Di Julio (Harvey Lembeck). 

TRIVIA NOTE: Produced by Four Star Productions, the series was based on books All the Ships at Sea, and Ensign O'Toole and Me written by Bill Lederer (who served as consultant on the series). The ABC Network aired reruns of the series during their 1963-64 season. The ship used as the USS Appleby was in reality the USS Frank E Evans (DD754). It was launched October 3 1944 and commissioned February 3 1945. The USS Evans was cut in half June 3, 1969 in a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. The ship's bow and stern sections were sunk as targets in Subic Bay October 10 1969.