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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Gwin''''' was | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Gwin''''' was the last of six [[Caldwell Class Destroyer (1917)|''Caldwell'' class destroyers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]], joining the fleet too late to participate in the war. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Gwin'' was commissioned at Puget Sound on 18 March, 1920 under the command of Lieutenant Commander [[Herbert Horatio Bouson|Herbert H. Bouson]]. Her career was not much to speak of – she traversed the Panama Canal to arrive on the east coast in June. Two years later, she was to be decommissioned, never to serve again. | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Herbert Horatio Bouson|nick=Herbert H. Bouson|appt=18 March, 1920|precBy=New Command}} | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:13, 11 July 2017
| U.S.S. Gwin (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Hull Number: | DD-71 |
| Builder: | Seattle-Tacoma[1] |
| Laid down: | 21 Jun, 1917[2] |
| Launched: | 22 Dec, 1917[3] |
| Commissioned: | 18 Mar, 1920[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 28 Jun, 1922[5] |
| Stricken: | 25 Jan, 1937[6] |
| Sold: | |
U.S.S. Gwin was the last of six Caldwell class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy, joining the fleet too late to participate in the war.
Service
Gwin was commissioned at Puget Sound on 18 March, 1920 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Herbert H. Bouson. Her career was not much to speak of – she traversed the Panama Canal to arrive on the east coast in June. Two years later, she was to be decommissioned, never to serve again.
Captains
- Lieutenant Commander Herbert H. Bouson, 18 March, 1920
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
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