U.S.S. Mason (1919)
From The Dreadnought Project
U.S.S. Mason (1919) | |
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Hull Number: | DD-191 |
Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1] |
Laid down: | 10 Jul, 1918[2] |
Launched: | 8 Mar, 1919[3] |
Commissioned: | 28 Feb, 1920[4] |
Decommissioned: | 3 Jul, 1922[5] |
Torpedoed: | 18 Oct, 1941[6] |
Fate: | as H.M.S. Broadwater |
Service
Mason was commissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard on 28 February, 1920 with Lieutenant Carl F. Holden in temporary command. Lieutenant Commander Hartwell C. Davis relieved him of command on 8 March.
Mason was one of the fifty U.S. destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940, becoming H.M.S. Broadwater.
Captains
- Lieutenant Carl F. Holden, 28 February, 1920 (temporary)
- Lieutenant Commander Hartwell C. Davis, 8 March, 1920
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Charles L. de H. Bell, 9 October, 1940[7] – 27 February, 1941[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander William M. L. Astwood, 27 February, 1941[9] – 18 October, 1941[10]
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.
Bibliography