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− | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Fairfax''''' was one of one hundred and eleven [[Wickes Class Destroyer (1917)|Wickes class]] | + | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Fairfax''''' was one of one hundred and eleven [[Wickes Class Destroyer (1917)|''Wickes'' class destroyers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Fairfax'' was commissioned on 6 April, 1918 with Lieutenant Commander [[Stanford Caldwell Hooper|Stanford C. Hooper]] in command. | ||
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+ | ==Armament== | ||
+ | ''Fairfax'' was different than many of her sisters in that in May, 1918, she carried an A.A. gun of some type forward, situated behind the forward 4-in gun. It is not clear whether this is the only such weapon she carried at the time.{{Conways1906|p. 124, and photo on p. 125}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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− | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Stanford Caldwell Hooper|nick=Stanford C. Hooper|appt=6 April, 1918|precBy=New Command}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Guy Carlton Barnes|nick=Guy C. Barnes|appt=17 September, 1918{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 42-43}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Henry Mylin Kieffer|nick=Henry M. Kieffer|appt=12 January, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 40-41}}}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:02, 3 November 2015
U.S.S. Fairfax (1917) | |
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Hull Number: | DD-93 |
Builder: | Mare Island[1] |
Laid down: | 10 Jul, 1917[2] |
Launched: | 15 Dec, 1917[3] |
Commissioned: | 6 Apr, 1918[4] |
Decommissioned: | 26 Nov, 1940[5] |
Broken up: | 1949[6] |
Fate: | as Soviet DD |
U.S.S. Fairfax was one of one hundred and eleven Wickes class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Fairfax was commissioned on 6 April, 1918 with Lieutenant Commander Stanford C. Hooper in command.
Armament
Fairfax was different than many of her sisters in that in May, 1918, she carried an A.A. gun of some type forward, situated behind the forward 4-in gun. It is not clear whether this is the only such weapon she carried at the time.[7]
Captains
- Lieutenant Commander Stanford C. Hooper, 6 April, 1918
- Lieutenant Commander Guy C. Barnes, 17 September, 1918[8]
- Lieutenant Henry M. Kieffer, 12 January, 1921[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 124, and photo on p. 125.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 42-43.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 40-41.
Bibliography