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==Service==
==Service==
''Abbot'' was commissioned on 19 July, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander [[William Nicholas Richardson, Jr.|William N. Richardson, Jr.]] in command.
''Abbot'' was commissioned on 19 July, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander [[William Nicholas Richardson, Jr.|William N. Richardson, Jr.]] in command.
In September 1940, she was re-commissioned for service in the [[Royal Navy]] as '''H.M.S. ''Charlestown'''''.


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William Nicholas Richardson, Jr.|nick=William N. Richardson, Jr.|appt=19 July, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Johnston|nick=Thomas Johnston|appt=23 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|end=3 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|note=ship is now H.M.S. ''Charlestown''|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Charlestown''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Norman Robins Murch|nick=Norman R. Murch|appt=3 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|end=30 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Charlestown''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Charles William Vane Tempest Stewart Lepper|nick=Charles W. V. T. S. Lepper|appt=30 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|end=1 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Charlestown''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Frank Broughton Webb|nick=William F. B. Webb|appt=1 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|end=23 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Charlestown''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Francis Colenso Gray|nick=Alfred F. C. Gray|appt=23 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|end=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4306}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Charlestown''}}
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Latest revision as of 20:59, 19 February 2022

U.S.S. Abbot (1918)
Hull Number: DD-184
Builder: Newport News[1]
Laid down: 5 Apr, 1918[2]
Launched: 4 Jul, 1918[3]
Commissioned: 19 Jul, 1919[4]
Decommissioned: 5 Jul, 1922[5]
Broken up: 1948[6]
Fate: wrecked in collision as H.M.S. Charlestown

U.S.S. Abbot was one of one hundred and eleven Wickes class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Abbot was commissioned on 19 July, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander William N. Richardson, Jr. in command.

In September 1940, she was re-commissioned for service in the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Charlestown.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
  2. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
  3. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
  4. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
  5. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
  6. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 433.
  7. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Wickes Class Destroyer
Wickes Philip Woolsey Evans Little
Kimberly Sigourney Gregory Stringham Dyer
Colhoun Stevens McKee Robinson Ringgold
McKean Harding Gridley Fairfax Taylor
Bell Stribling Murray Israel Luce
Maury Lansdale Mahan Schley Champlin
Mugford Chew Hazelwood Williams Crane
Hart Ingraham Ludlow Rathburne Talbot
Waters Dent Dorsey Lea Lamberton
Radford Montgomery Breese Gamble Ramsay
Tattnall Badger Twiggs Babbitt De Long
Jacob Jones Buchanan Aaron Ward Hale Crowninshield
Tillman Boggs Kilty Kennison Ward
Claxton Hamilton Tarbell Yarnall Upshur
Greer Elliot Roper Breckinridge Barney
Blakely Biddle Du Pont Bernadou Ellis
Cole J. Fred Talbott Dickerson Leary Schenck
Herbert Palmer Thatcher Walker Crosby
Meredith Bush Cowell Maddox Foote
Kalk Burns Anthony Sproston Rizal
Mackenzie Renshaw O'Bannon Hogan Howard
  Stansbury Hopewell Thomas  
  Haraden Abbot Bagley  
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