U.S.S. Branch (1919)
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| Hull Number: | DD-197 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1] |
| Laid down: | 25 Oct, 1918[2] |
| Launched: | 19 Apr, 1919[3] |
| Commissioned: | 26 Jul, 1920[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 11 Aug, 1922[5] |
| Torpedoed: | 11 Apr, 1943[6] |
| Fate: | as H.M.S. Beverly |
U.S.S. Branch was one of one hundred and fifty-six Clemson Class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Branch was commissioned 26 July, 1920 Commander Frank H. Roberts in command.
Branch was one of the fifty U.S. destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy for World War II, becoming H.M.S. Beverley.
She was sunk by U-188 near Iceland while escorting a convoy, with only four of 155 crew surviving.
Captains
- Commander Frank H. Roberts, 26 July, 1920
- Commander (retired) Edmund F. Fitzgerald, October, 1940[7] – 28 January, 1941[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Grant, 28 January, 1941[9] – 4 July, 1942[10]
- Lieutenant in Command Rodney A. Price, 4 July, 1942[11] – 11 April, 1943[12] (killed when ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 434.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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