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USS Herndon (DD-198)

Coordinates: 69°15′N 37°2′E / 69.250°N 37.033°E / 69.250; 37.033
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Herndon.
HMS Churchill, underway, leaving a US Navy yard.
History
United States
NameUSS Herndon
NamesakeWilliam Lewis Herndon
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Laid down25 November 1918
Launched31 May 1919
Commissioned14 September 1920
Decommissioned6 June 1922
FateTransferred to USCG, 1930
United States
Acquired1930
Commissioned7 March 1931
Decommissioned28 May 1934
FateReturned to Navy, 1934
United States
Acquired1934
Commissioned4 December 1939
Decommissioned9 September 1940
Stricken8 January 1941
FateTransferred to U.K., 9 September 1940
United Kingdom
NameHMS Churchill
Acquired9 September 1940
Commissioned9 September 1940
IdentificationPennant number: I45
FateTransferred to USSR, 16 July 1944
Soviet Union
NameDeyatelny
Acquired16 July 1944
FateSunk in action, 16 January 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement1,190 long tons (1,210 t)
Length314 long tons (319 t)
Beam31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Installed power26,500 shp (19,800 kW)
Propulsion
Speed35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement122 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 cal guns,
  • 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 cal guns,
  • 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Herndon (DD-198) was a Template:Sclass- in the United States Navy. Herndon served in the United States Coast Guard as CG-17. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Churchill and still later to the Soviet Navy as Deyatelny.

USS Herndon

The first Navy ship named for Commander William Lewis Herndon (1813-1857), Herndon was launched on 31 May 1919 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, sponsored by Miss Lucy Taylor Herndon, niece of Commander Herndon. She was commissioned on 14 September 1920 at Norfolk, Virginia with Lieutenant Commander L. H. Thebaud in command.

After shakedown in New England waters, Herndon was placed in reserve in Charleston, South Carolina on 3 November 1920. She served in reserve for training exercises and maneuvers along the US east coast until she was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 6 June 1922.

Herndon served in the United States Coast Guard from 1930-1934 as part of the Rum Patrol.

She was recommissioned into the Navy on 4 December 1939. Following trials and shakedown, she reached Guantanamo Bay on 23 January 1940 to join the Caribbean Neutrality Patrol. In July–August, she operated out of the Panama Canal Zone on tactical and antisubmarine maneuvers.

The Herndon Depot Museum in Herndon, Virginia houses artifacts from USS Herndon.

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USS Herndon flag

HMS Churchill

Herndon decommissioned and was turned over to Great Britain under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 9 September 1940. As HMS Churchill, she served as leader of the first Template:Sclass2- flotilla in transatlantic convoys and patrol duty off the Western Approaches to the British Isles. Notable events in her career in the Royal Navy included participation in the search for the German battleship Bismarck after she had sunk the battlecruiser HMS Hood, and a visit by her namesake, the Prime Minister Winston Churchill, on his way home from the Atlantic Conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in August 1941. Churchill was assigned to Escort Group B-7 of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force for convoys HX-186 and ON-94.[1] Churchill also served as an escort for the pre- and post-invasion buildup for Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. Churchill was modified for trade convoy escort service by removal of three of the original 4-inch (102 mm)/50 caliber guns and three of the triple torpedo tube mounts to reduce topside weight for additional depth charge stowage and installation of Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar.[2] Churchill was assigned to Escort Group C-4 of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force for convoys SC-112, ON-158, HX-224, ON-177 and HX-235 during the winter of 1942-43[3]

Deyatelny

Transferred to the Soviet Navy 16 July 1944, the destroyer was renamed Deyatelny (Russian Деятельный, "active"). She was sunk — probably by U-286 — on 16 January 1945, 40 mi (64 km) east of Cape Tereberski while escorting a convoy over the treacherous route from Kola Inlet to the White Sea.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Rohwer&Hummelchen (1992) pp.135&139
  2. ^ Lenton&Colledge (1968) pp.92-94
  3. ^ Milner (1985) p.290

Sources

  • Lenton, H.T.; Colledge J.J. (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company.
  • Milner, Marc (1985). North Atlantic Run. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-450-0.
  • Rohwer, J.; Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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