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U.S.S. Swasey (1919) | |
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Hull Number: | DD-273 |
Builder: | Fore River, Squantum Yard[1] |
Laid down: | 27 Aug, 1918[2] |
Launched: | 7 May, 1919[3] |
Commissioned: | 8 Aug, 1919[4] |
Decommissioned: | 10 Jun, 1922[5] |
Mined: | 27 Sep, 1944[6] |
Fate: | as H.M.S. Rockingham |
U.S.S. Swasey was one of one hundred and fifty-six Clemson Class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
After completing fitting out and sailing to the west coast, Swasey was assigned to the Pacific Fleet. She arrived at Pearl Harbor in the fall of 1919.
She was one of fifty destroyers lend-leased to Britain in World War II, serving there as H.M.S. Rockingham.
Captains
- Commander Forde A. Todd, 1919[7]
- Commander Lancelot M. Shadwell, 26 November, 1940 – 1 March, 1941 (servign in Royal Navy as H.M.S. Rockingham)
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur H. T. Johns, 1 March, 1941 – mid 1942
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Norman W. Duck, 20 August, 1942 – 7 November, 1943
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Anthony R. Taudevin, 7 November, 1943 – June, 1944
- Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. John C. Cooper, June, 1944 – 27 September, 1944 (ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
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