U.S.S. Cowell (1918)
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| Hull Number: | DD-167 |
| Builder: | Fore River[1] |
| Laid down: | 15 Jul, 1918[2] |
| Launched: | 23 Nov, 1918[3] |
| Commissioned: | 17 Mar, 1919[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 27 Jun, 1922[5] |
| Broken up: | 1949[6] |
U.S.S. Cowell was one of one hundred and eleven Wickes class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Cowell was commissioned 17 March 1919, Lieutenant Commander Clifford E. Van Hook in command.
Cowell was one of the fifty U.S. destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940, becoming H.M.S. Brighton.
On 16 July 1944, she was trasnferred to the Soviet Union, becoming Zarkij.
Captains
- Lieutenant Commander Clifford E. Van Hook, 17 March, 1919
- Lieutenant Commander Ralph G. Risley, 23 November, 1921[7] – before 27 June, 1922[8]
- Commander (retired) Charles W. V. T. S. Lepper, 23 September, 1940[9] – March, 1943[10]
- Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Gwilym P. Evans, March, 1943[11] – 21 April, 1943[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. James V. Fulton, 21 April, 1943[13] – 22 September, 1943[14]
- Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. Duncan H. Foulds, 22 September, 1943[15] – 16 July, 1944[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 38-39.
- ↑ DANFS
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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