U.S.S. Wickes (1918)
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U.S.S. Wickes (1918) | |
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Hull Number: | DD-75 |
Builder: | Bath Iron Works[1] |
Laid down: | 26 Jun, 1917[2] |
Launched: | 25 Jun, 1918[3] |
Commissioned: | 31 Jul, 1918[4] |
Decommissioned: | 23 Oct, 1940[5] |
Stricken: | 8 Jan, 1941 |
Broken up: | 23 October, 1940 |
Fate: | Renamed H.M.S. Montgomery Broken up 1945 |
U.S.S. Wickes was the name ship of her class of one hundred and eleven Wickes class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Wickes was commissioned on 31, July 1918 with Lieutenant Commander John S. Barleon in command.
Captains
- Commander John S. Barleon, 31 July, 1918[6] – 19 September, 1919
- Lieutenant Commander William F. Halsey, Jr., 19 September, 1919 – 15 November, 1920
- Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Rogers, 15 November, 1920 – 10 October, 1921
- Lieutenant Osborne B. Hardison, 10 October, 1921 – 15 May, 1922
- Commander Henry T. Markland, 26 April, 1930 – 19 June, 1931
- Lieutenant Commander Henry P. Burnett, 19 June, 1931 – 1 June, 1933
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
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- 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.
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