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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Reuben James''''' was one of one hundred and fifty-six [[Clemson Class Destroyer (1918)|''Clemson'' Class destroyers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Reuben James''''' was one of one hundred and fifty-six [[Clemson Class Destroyer (1918)|''Clemson'' Class destroyers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. She became the first U.S. Navy warship sunk during the Second World War. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Gordon Wayne Haines|nick=Gordon Wayne Haines|appt=24 September, 1920|end=1 May, 1921{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Gordon Wayne Haines|nick=Gordon Wayne Haines|appt=24 September, 1920|end=1 May, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 20-21}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, Jr.|nick=Rufus F. Zogbaum, Jr.|appt=1 May, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 20-21}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, Jr.|nick=Rufus F. Zogbaum, Jr.|appt=1 May, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 20-21}}|end=5 November, 1922}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=James Carroll Byrnes, Jr.|nick=James C. Byrnes, Jr.|appt= | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=James Carroll Byrnes, Jr.|nick=James C. Byrnes, Jr.|appt=5 November, 1922|end=29 June, 1925}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Sims Farber|nick=William S. Farber|appt=29 June, 1925|end=5 August, 1927}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Stanley Roscoe Canine|nick=Stanley R. Canine|appt=5 August, 1927|end=20 January, 1931}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=John Summerfield Roberts|nick=John S. Roberts|appt=9 March, 1932|end=1 June, 1934|succBy=Nicholas Vytlacil}}</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | |||
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Revision as of 23:31, 19 April 2017
| U.S.S. Reuben James (1919) | |
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| Hull Number: | DD-245 |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding[1] |
| Laid down: | 2 Apr, 1919[2] |
| Launched: | 4 Oct, 1919[3] |
| Commissioned: | 24 Sep, 1920[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 20 Jan, 1931[5] |
| Torpedoed: | 31 Oct, 1941[6] |
U.S.S. Reuben James was one of one hundred and fifty-six Clemson Class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy. She became the first U.S. Navy warship sunk during the Second World War.
Service
Reuben James was launched on 4 October, 1919 and commissioned on 24 September, 1920 with Commander Gordon W. Haines in command.
Captains
- Commander Gordon Wayne Haines, 24 September, 1920 – 1 May, 1921[7]
- Commander Rufus F. Zogbaum, Jr., 1 May, 1921[8] – 5 November, 1922
- Lieutenant Commander James C. Byrnes, Jr., 5 November, 1922 – 29 June, 1925
- Commander William S. Farber, 29 June, 1925 – 5 August, 1927
- Lieutenant Commander Stanley R. Canine, 5 August, 1927 – 20 January, 1931
- Lieutenant Commander John S. Roberts, 9 March, 1932 – 1 June, 1934
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 435.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 435.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 435.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 435.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 435.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 435.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 20-21.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 20-21.
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.
