List of Wickes-class destroyers

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List of Wickes-class destroyers.

Ships in class[edit]

USS Wickes (HMS Montgomery)[edit]

USS Wickes
  • Designation: Destroyer No. 75, DD-75, G95
  • Builders:  United States (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine)
  • Laid down: 26 June 1917
  • Launched: 25 June 1918 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 31 July 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 23 October 1940 (List)
  • Operator:  Royal Navy
  • Commissioned: 23 October 1940 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 23 February 1944 (List)
  • Fate: Scrapped in the spring of 1945
  • Operations: World War I and II convoy escort
  • Victories:

USS Philip (HMS Lancaster)[edit]

USS Philip
  • Designation: Destroyer No. 76, DD-76, G05
  • Builders:  United States (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine)
  • Laid down: 1 September 1917
  • Launched: 25 July 1918 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 24 August 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 23 October 1940 (List)
  • Operator:  Royal Navy
  • Commissioned: 23 October 1940 (List)
  • Decommissioned: July 1945 (List)
  • Fate: Scrapped 1947
  • Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II minelayer and escort

USS Woolsey[edit]

USS Woolsey

USS Evans (HMS Mansfield)[edit]

USS Evans

USS Little[edit]

USS Little

USS Kimberly[edit]

USS Kimberly

USS Sigourney (HMS Newport)[edit]

USS Sigourney

USS Gregory[edit]

In port 1942

USS Stringham[edit]

USS Dyer[edit]

USS Colhoun[edit]


USS Stevens[edit]

USS McKee[edit]

USS Robinson (HMS Newmarket)[edit]

  • Designation: Destroyer No. 88, DD-88
  • Builders:  United States (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California)
  • Laid down: 31 October 1917
  • Launched: 28 March 1918 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 19 October 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 3 August 1922 (List)
  • Operator:  Royal Navy (as HMS Newmarket)
  • Commissioned: 5 December 1940 (List)
  • Decommissioned:
  • Fate: Scrapped in September 1945
  • Operations: World War I convoy escort, Transatlantic flight plane guard, World War II convoy escort and aircraft target ship

USS Ringgold (HMS Newark)[edit]

  • Designation: Destroyer No. 89, DD-89
  • Builders:  United States (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California)
  • Laid down: 20 October 1917
  • Launched: 14 April 1918 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 14 November 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 17 June 1922 (List)
  • Operator:  Royal Navy (as HMS Newark)
  • Commissioned: 26 November 1940 (List)
  • Decommissioned:
  • Fate: Scrapped on 18 February 1947, Bo'ness, Scotland
  • Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II convoy escort and aircraft target ship
  • Victories: Damaged one German submarine

USS McKean[edit]

USS Harding[edit]

USS Gridley[edit]

USS Fairfax (HMS Richmond) — (later Soviet Zhivuchiy "Tenacious").[edit]

USS Taylor[edit]

USS Bell[edit]

USS Stribling[edit]

USS Murray[edit]

USS Israel[edit]


USS Luce[edit]

USS Luce
  • Designation: Destroyer No. 99, DD-99, DM-4
  • Builders:  United States (Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts)
  • Laid down: 9 February 1918
  • Launched: 29 June 1918 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 11 September 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 31 January 1931 (List)
  • Fate: Sold for scrap 13 November 1936
  • Operations: World War I Mediterranean escort, Food Commission patrol, conversion to a destroyer minelayer, Canal Zone Control Force

USS Maury[edit]

USS Lansdale[edit]

USS Mahan[edit]

USS Schley[edit]

USS Champlin[edit]

USS Mugford[edit]

USS Chew[edit]

Chew in 1945

USS Hazelwood[edit]

USS Williams (HMCS St. Clair)[edit]

USS Crane[edit]

USS Hart[edit]

USS Ingraham[edit]

USS Ludlow[edit]

USS Rathburne[edit]

  • Designation: Destroyer No. 113, DD-113, APD-25
  • Builders:  United States (William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia)
  • Laid down: 12 July 1917
  • Launched: 17 December 1917 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 24 June 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 2 November 1945 (List)
  • Fate: Sold for scrap November 1946
  • Operations: World War I convoy escort; Asiatic Fleet; World War II training ship and high speed transport
  • Victories: 2 Japanese aircraft

USS Talbot[edit]

USS Waters[edit]

  • Designation: Destroyer No. 115, DD-115, APD-8
  • Builders:  United States (William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia)
  • Laid down: 26 July 1917
  • Launched: 3 March 1918 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 8 August 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 12 October 1945 (List)
  • Fate: Sold for scrap 10 May 1946
  • Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II high speed transport

USS Dent[edit]

  • Designation: Destroyer No. 116, DD-116, APD-9
  • Builders:  United States (William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia)
  • Laid down: 30 August 1917
  • Launched: 23 March 1918 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 9 September 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 4 December 1945 (List)
  • Fate: Sold for scrap 13 June 1946
  • Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II high speed transport

USS Dorsey[edit]

  • Designation: Destroyer No. 117, DD-117, DMS-1
  • Builders:  United States (William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia)
  • Laid down: 18 September 1917
  • Launched: 9 April 1918 (List)
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 16 September 1918 (List)
  • Decommissioned: 8 December 1945 (List)
  • Fate: Grounded by a typhoon 9 October 1945 (List) and destroyed 1 January 1946
  • Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II high speed mine-sweeper

USS Lea[edit]

USS Lamberton[edit]

USS Radford[edit]

USS Montgomery[edit]

USS Breese[edit]

USS Gamble[edit]

USS Ramsay[edit]

USS Tattnall[edit]

USS Badger[edit]

USS Twiggs (HMS Leamington) - (Later Soviet Zhguchiy: "Firebrand").[edit]

USS Babbitt[edit]

USS DeLong[edit]

USS Jacob Jones[edit]

USS Buchanan (HMS Campbeltown)[edit]

Buchanan

USS Aaron Ward[edit]

  • Designation: Destroyer No. 132, DD-132
  • Builders:
  • Laid down:
  • Launched:
  • Operator:
  • Commissioned:
  • Decommissioned:

USS Hale[edit]

USS Crowninshield (HMS Chelsea) - (Later Soviet Derzkiy: "Ardent")[edit]

USS Tillman[edit]

A further 50 ships were built.

Tabulated details[edit]

Hull no. Ship name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate Service notes
DD-075 Wickes Bath Iron Works 26 June 1917 25 June 1918 31 July 1918 Scrapped by UK, 1945 [1]
DD-076 Philip 1 September 1917 25 July 1918 24 August 1918 Scrapped by UK, 1947 [2]
DD-077 Woolsey 1 November 1917 17 September 1918 30 September 1918 Sunk following accident, 21 February 1921 [3]
DD-078 Evans 28 December 1917 30 October 1918 11 November 1918 Scrapped by UK, 1945 [4] Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-079 Little Fore River Shipyard 18 June 1917 11 November 1917 6 April 1918 Sunk in battle, 5 September 1942 [5]
DD-080 Kimberly 21 June 1917 14 December 1917 26 April 1918 Scrapped by US, 20 April 1939 [6]
DD-081 Sigourney 25 August 1917 16 December 1917 15 May 1918 Scrapped by UK, 18 February 1947 [7] Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-082 Gregory 25 August 1917 27 January 1918 1 June 1918 Sunk in battle, 5 September 1942 [8] Archived 23 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-083 Stringham 19 September 1917 30 March 1918 2 July 1918 Scrapped by US, March 1946 [9] Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
DD-084 Dyer 26 September 1917 13 April 1918 1 July 1918 Scrapped by US, 8 September 1936 [10]
DD-085 Colhoun 19 September 1917 21 February 1918 13 June 1918 Sunk in battle, 30 August 1942 [11]
DD-086 Stevens 20 September 1917 13 January 1918 24 May 1918 Sold for scrap, 8 September 1936 [12]
DD-087 McKee Union Iron Works 29 October 1917 23 March 1918 7 September 1918 Scrapped by US, January 1936 [13]
DD-088 Robinson 31 October 1917 28 March 1918 19 October 1918 Scrapped by UK, September 1945 [14]
DD-089 Ringgold 20 October 1917 14 April 1918 14 November 1918 Scrapped by UK, 18 February 1947 [15]
DD-090 McKean 12 February 1918 4 July 1918 25 February 1919 Sunk in battle, 17 November 1943 [16]
DD-091 Harding 12 February 1918 4 July 1918 4 January 1919 Scrapped by US, 8 September 1936 [17]
DD-092 Gridley 1 April 1918 4 July 1918 8 March 1919 Scrapped by US, 19 April 1939 [18]
DD-093 Fairfax Mare Island Navy Yard 10 July 1917 15 December 1917 6 April 1918 Scrapped by UK, 23 June 1949 [19] Archived 30 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-094 Taylor 15 October 1917 14 February 1918 1 June 1918 Scrapped by US, August 1945 [20] Archived 7 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
DD-095 Bell Fore River Shipyard 16 November 1917 20 April 1918 31 July 1918 Scrapped by US, 18 April 1939 [21] Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-096 Stribling 14 December 1917 29 May 1918 16 August 1918 Sunk as target, January 1937 [22]
DD-097 Murray 22 December 1917 8 June 1918 21 August 1918 Scrapped by US, 29 September 1936 [23]
DD-098 Israel 26 January 1918 22 June 1918 13 September 1918 Scrapped by US, 18 April 1939 [24]
DD-099 Luce 9 February 1918 29 June 1918 11 September 1918 Scrapped by US, 13 November 1936 [25]
DD-100 Maury 4 May 1918 4 July 1918 23 September 1918 Scrapped by US, 1 May 1934 [26]
DD-101 Lansdale 20 April 1918 21 July 1918 26 October 1918 Scrapped by US, 28 December 1936 [27]
DD-102 Mahan 4 May 1918 4 August 1918 24 October 1918 Scrapped by US, 17 January 1931 [28]
DD-103 Schley Union Iron Works 29 October 1917 28 March 1918 20 September 1918 Scrapped by US, 1946 [29]
DD-104 Champlin 31 October 1917 7 April 1918 11 November 1918 Sunk in tests, 12 April 1936 [30] Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-105 Mugford 20 December 1917 14 April 1918 25 November 1918 Scrapped by US, 1936 [31]
DD-106 Chew 2 January 1918 26 May 1918 12 December 1918 Scrapped by US, 4 October 1946 [32] Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-107 Hazelwood 24 December 1917 22 June 1918 20 February 1919 Scrapped by US, 14 April 1930 [33]
DD-108 Williams 25 March 1918 4 July 1918 1 March 1919 Scrapped by UK, 1946 [34] Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-109 Crane 7 January 1918 4 July 1918 18 April 1919 Scrapped by US, 1 November 1946 [35]
DD-110 Hart 8 January 1918 4 July 1918 26 May 1919 Scrapped by US, 25 February 1932 [36]
DD-111 Ingraham 12 January 1918 4 July 1918 15 May 1919 Scrapped by US, 1936 [37]
DD-112 Ludlow 7 January 1918 9 June 1918 23 December 1918 Scrapped by US, 10 March 1931 [38]
DD-113 Rathburne William Cramp & Sons 12 July 1917 27 December 1917 24 June 1918 Scrapped by US, November 1946 [39]
DD-114 Talbot 12 July 1917 20 February 1918 20 July 1918 Scrapped by US, 30 January 1946 [40] Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
DD-115 Waters 26 July 1917 3 March 1918 8 August 1918 Scrapped by US, 10 May 1946 [41] Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-116 Dent 30 August 1917 23 March 1918 9 September 1918 Scrapped by US, 13 June 1946 [42]
DD-117 Dorsey 18 September 1917 9 April 1918 16 September 1918 Hulk was destroyed, 1 January 1946 [43]
DD-118 Lea 18 September 1917 29 April 1918 2 October 1918 Scrapped by US, 30 November 1946 [44]
DD-119 Lamberton Newport News Shipbuilding 1 October 1917 30 March 1918 22 August 1918 Scrapped by US, 9 May 1947 [45]
DD-120 Radford 2 October 1917 5 April 1918 30 September 1918 Sunk as target, 5 August 1936 [46]
DD-121 Montgomery 2 October 1917 5 April 1918 30 September 1918 Scrapped by US, 11 March 1946 [47]
DD-122 Breese 10 November 1917 11 May 1918 23 October 1918 Scrapped by US, 16 May 1946 [48] Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
DD-123 Gamble 12 November 1917 11 May 1918 29 November 1918 Sunk by scuttling, 16 July 1945 [49]
DD-124 Ramsay 21 December 1917 8 June 1918 15 February 1919 Scrapped by US, 21 November 1946 [50]
DD-125 Tattnall New York Shipbuilding 1 December 1917 5 September 1918 26 June 1919 Scrapped by US, 17 October 1946 [51] Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
DD-126 Badger 9 January 1918 24 August 1918 29 May 1919 Scrapped by US, 30 November 1945 [52] Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-127 Twiggs 23 January 1918 28 September 1918 28 July 1919 Scrapped by UK, 26 July 1951 [53] Archived 3 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
DD-128 Babbitt 19 February 1918 30 September 1918 24 October 1919 Scrapped by US, 5 June 1946 [54] Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
DD-129 DeLong 21 February 1918 29 October 1918 20 September 1919 Scrapped, 25 September 1922 [55]
DD-130 Jacob Jones 21 February 1918 20 November 1918 20 October 1919 Sunk in battle, 28 February 1942 [56]
DD-131 Buchanan Bath Iron Works 29 June 1918 2 January 1919 20 January 1919 Destroyed during St. Nazaire Raid, 29 March 1942 [57] Archived 26 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-132 Aaron Ward 11 August 1918 10 April 1919 21 April 1919 Scrapped by US, 1947 [58]
DD-133 Hale 7 October 1918 29 May 1919 12 June 1919 Scrapped by UK, September 1944 [59] Archived 8 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine
DD-134 Crowninshield 5 November 1918 24 July 1919 6 August 1919 Scrapped by UK, 23 June 1949 [60] Archived 16 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
DD-135 Tillman Charleston Navy Yard 29 July 1918 7 July 1918 10 April 1921 Scrapped by UK, 24 July 1945 [61] Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
DD-136 Boggs Mare Island Navy Yard 15 November 1917 25 April 1918 23 September 1918 Scrapped by US, 27 November 1946 [62] Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-137 Kilty 15 December 1917 25 April 1918 17 December 1918 Scrapped by US, 26 August 1946 [63]
DD-138 Kennison 14 February 1918 8 June 1918 2 April 1919 Scrapped by US, 18 November 1946 [64]
DD-139 Ward 15 May 1918 1 June 1918 24 July 1918 Sunk in battle, 7 December 1944 [65]
DD-140 Claxton 25 April 1918 14 January 1919 13 September 1919 Scrapped by UK, 26 June 1944 [66] Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-141 Hamilton 8 June 1918 15 January 1919 7 November 1919 Scrapped by US, 21 November 1946 [67]
DD-142 Tarbell William Cramp & Sons 31 December 1917 28 May 1918 27 November 1918 Scrapped by US, 30 November 1945 [68] Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
DD-143 Yarnall 12 February 1918 19 June 1918 29 November 1918 Scrapped by UK, 23 August 1952 [69] Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-144 Upshur 19 February 1918 4 July 1918 23 December 1918 Scrapped by US, April 1948 [70] Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-145 Greer 24 February 1918 1 August 1918 31 December 1918 Scrapped by US, 30 November 1945 [71] Archived 13 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
DD-146 Elliot 23 February 1918 4 July 1918 25 January 1919 Scrapped by US, 29 January 1946 [72]
DD-147 Roper 19 March 1918 17 August 1918 15 February 1919 Scrapped by US, 31 March 1946 [73]
DD-148 Breckinridge 11 March 1918 17 August 1918 27 February 1919 Scrapped by US, 31 October 1946 [74] Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-149 Barney 26 March 1918 5 September 1918 14 March 1919 Scrapped by US, 13 October 1946 [75] Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-150 Blakeley 26 March 1918 19 September 1918 8 May 1919 Scrapped by US, 30 November 1945 [76] Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-151 Biddle 22 April 1918 3 October 1918 22 April 1919 Scrapped by US, 3 December 1946 [77] Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
DD-152 Du Pont 2 May 1918 22 October 1918 30 April 1919 Scrapped by US, 12 March 1947 [78]
DD-153 Bernadou 4 June 1918 7 November 1918 19 May 1919 Scrapped by US, 30 November 1945 [79] Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
DD-154 Ellis 8 July 1918 30 November 1918 7 June 1919 Scrapped by US, 17 July 1947 [80]
DD-155 Cole 25 June 1918 11 January 1919 19 June 1919 Scrapped by US, 6 October 1947 [81]
DD-156 J. Fred Talbott 8 July 1918 14 December 1918 30 June 1919 Scrapped by US, 22 December 1946 [82]
DD-157 Dickerson New York Shipbuilding 25 May 1918 12 March 1919 3 September 1919 Sunk by scuttling following an attack, 4 April 1945 [83] Archived 28 February 2004 at the Wayback Machine
DD-158 Leary 6 March 1918 18 December 1918 5 December 1919 Sunk in battle, 24 December 1943 [84]
DD-159 Schenck 26 March 1918 23 April 1919 30 October 1919 Scrapped by US, 25 November 1946 [85]
DD-160 Herbert 9 April 1918 8 May 1919 21 November 1919 Scrapped by US, 23 May 1946 [86]
DD-161 Palmer Fore River Shipyard 29 May 1918 18 August 1918 22 November 1918 Sunk in battle, 7 January 1945 [87] Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-162 Thatcher 8 June 1918 31 August 1918 14 January 1919 Scrapped by UK, 1946 [88] Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-163 Walker 19 June 1918 14 September 1918 31 January 1919 Sunk by scuttling, 28 December 1941 [89]
DD-164 Crosby 23 June 1918 28 September 1918 24 January 1919 Scrapped by US, 23 May 1946 [90]
DD-165 Meredith 26 June 1918 22 September 1918 29 January 1919 Scrapped by US, 29 September 1936 [91]
DD-166 Bush 4 July 1918 27 October 1918 19 February 1919 Scrapped by US, 8 September 1936 [92] Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-167 Cowell 15 July 1918 23 November 1918 17 March 1919 Scrapped by UK, 28 February 1949 [93] Archived 13 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-168 Maddox 20 July 1918 27 October 1918 10 March 1919 Scrapped by UK, 16 September 1952 [94] Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
DD-169 Foote 7 August 1918 14 December 1918 21 March 1919 Scrapped by UK, 14 May 1949 [95]
DD-170 Kalk 4 March 1917 21 December 1918 29 March 1919 Scrapped by UK, 1945 [96]
DD-171 Burns Union Iron Works 15 April 1918 4 July 1918 7 August 1919 Scrapped by US, 22 April 1932 [97] Archived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-172 Anthony 18 April 1918 10 August 1918 19 June 1919 Sunk as target, 22 July 1937 [98] Archived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-173 Sproston 20 April 1918 10 August 1918 12 July 1919 Sunk as a target, 20 July 1937 [99]
DD-174 Rizal 26 June 1918 21 September 1918 28 May 1919 Scrapped by US, 25 February 1932 [100]
DD-175 Mackenzie 4 July 1918 29 September 1918 25 July 1919 Scrapped by Canada, 4 June 1945 [101] Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine[1][2]
DD-176 Renshaw 8 May 1918 21 September 1918 31 July 1919 Scrapped by US, 29 September 1936 [102]
DD-177 O'Bannon 12 November 1918 28 February 1919 27 August 1919 Scrapped by US, 29 September 1936 [103]
DD-178 Hogan 25 November 1918 12 April 1919 1 October 1919 Sunk as target, 8 November 1945 [104] Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-179 Howard 9 December 1918 26 April 1919 29 January 1920 Scrapped by US, 14 June 1946 [105]
DD-180 Stansbury 9 December 1918 16 May 1919 8 January 1920 Scrapped by US, 25 January 1947 [106]
DD-181 Hopewell Newport News Shipbuilding 19 January 1918 8 June 1918 22 March 1919 Sunk in battle, 19 August 1941 [107] Archived 12 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-182 Thomas 23 March 1918 4 July 1918 25 April 1919 Scrapped by UK, 28 February 1949 [108]
DD-183 Haraden 30 March 1918 4 July 1918 7 June 1919 Scrapped by UK, August 1945 [109] Archived 12 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
DD-184 Abbot 5 April 1918 4 July 1918 19 July 1919 Scrapped by UK, 1947 [110] Archived 17 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
DD-185 Bagley 11 May 1918 19 October 1918 27 August 1919 Scrapped by UK, 1945 [111] Archived 12 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

References[edit]

  1. ^ DANFS has a typo - completion date before launch date.
  2. ^ "Destroyer Photo Index DD-175 USS MAC KENZIE".

External links[edit]