U.S.S. Caldwell (1917)

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U.S.S. Caldwell (1917)
Hull Number: DD-69
Builder: Mare Island[1]
Laid down: 9 Dec, 1916[2]
Launched: 10 Jul, 1917[3]
Commissioned: 1 Dec, 1917[4]
Decommissioned: 27 Jun, 1922[5]
Stricken: 7 Jan, 1936[6]
Sold:
U.S.S. Caldwell was one of six Caldwell class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Caldwell was commissioned on 1 December, 1917 by Lieutenant Commander Byron McCandless.

She joined the Atlantic Fleet and proceeded to Queenstown, Ireland, arriving there on 5 March, 1918, where she participated in experiments with acoustic submarine detection devices.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 430.
  7. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 26-27.

Bibliography


Caldwell Class Destroyer
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