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.
On 23 October 1940, Wickes was turned over to the Royal Navy, where she would serve as H.M.S. Montgomery. She was struck from the American Navy list on 8 January 1941.[6]
Captains
- Commander John S. Barleon, 31 July, 1918[7] – 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 (ship placed into reserve in May 1922)
- Commander Henry T. Markland, 26 April, 1930 – 19 June, 1931
- Lieutenant Commander Henry P. Burnett, 19 June, 1931 – 1 June, 1933
- Lieutenant Commander Ralph U. Hyde, 1 June, 1933
- Lieutenant Commander Charles J. Stuart, 30 September, 1939 – 23 October, 1940
- Commander (retired) Harry F. Nash, 23 October, 1940[8] – 28 February, 1941[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander William L. Puxley, 28 February, 1941[10] – 23 January, 1943[11]
- Lieutenant in Command Kenneth I. Hamilton, 23 January, 1943[12] – early 1944[13]
- Temporary Lieutenant Robert Harrison, early 1944[14] – 16 May, 1944[15]
- Lieutenant in Command John H. Fowler, 16 May, 1944[16] – late 1944[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
- ↑ DANFS
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 32-33.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
Bibliography
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- 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).
- 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.
