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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
After completing fitting out and sailing to the west coast, ''Swasey'' was assigned to the Pacific Fleet. She arrived at [[Pearl Harbor]] in the fall of 1919. | After completing fitting out and sailing to the west coast, ''Swasey'' was assigned to the Pacific Fleet. She arrived at [[Pearl Harbor]] in the fall of 1919. | ||
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| + | She was one of fifty destroyers lend-leased to Britain in World War II, serving there as '''H.M.S. ''Rockingham'''''. | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
| − | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Swasey''" nat="US"> | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Swasey''" nat="US"> |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Forde Anderson Todd|nick=Forde A. Todd|appt=1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 20-21}}|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Forde Anderson Todd|nick=Forde A. Todd|appt=1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 20-21}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
| − | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lancelot Milman Shadwell|nick=Lancelot M. Shadwell|appt=26 November, 1940|end=1 March, 1941|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Rockingham''|note=servign in Royal Navy as H.M.S. ''Rockingham''}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Tyndall Johns|nick=Arthur H. T. Johns|appt=1 March, 1941|end=mid 1942|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Rockingham''}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Norman Winder Duck|nick=Norman W. Duck|appt=20 August, 1942|end=7 November, 1943|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Rockingham''}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNVR}}|name=Anthony Richard Taudevin|nick=Anthony R. Taudevin|appt=7 November, 1943|end=June, 1944|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Rockingham''}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=John Cecil Cooper|nick=John C. Cooper|appt=June, 1944|end=27 September, 1944|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Rockingham''|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:25, 27 April 2018
| U.S.S. Swasey (1919) | |
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| Hull Number: | DD-273 |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard[1] |
| Laid down: | 27 Aug, 1918[2] |
| Launched: | 7 May, 1919[3] |
| Commissioned: | 8 Aug, 1919[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 10 Jun, 1922[5] |
| Mined: | 27 Sep, 1944[6] |
| Fate: | as H.M.S. Rockingham |
Service
After completing fitting out and sailing to the west coast, Swasey was assigned to the Pacific Fleet. She arrived at Pearl Harbor in the fall of 1919.
She was one of fifty destroyers lend-leased to Britain in World War II, serving there as H.M.S. Rockingham.
Captains
- Commander Forde A. Todd, 1919[7]
- Commander Lancelot M. Shadwell, 26 November, 1940 – 1 March, 1941 (servign in Royal Navy as H.M.S. Rockingham)
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur H. T. Johns, 1 March, 1941 – mid 1942
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Norman W. Duck, 20 August, 1942 – 7 November, 1943
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Anthony R. Taudevin, 7 November, 1943 – June, 1944
- Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. John C. Cooper, June, 1944 – 27 September, 1944 (ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 20-21.
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