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''Fairfax'' was different than | ''Fairfax'' was different than many of her sisters in that in May, 1918, she carried an A.A. gun of some type forward, situated behind the forward 4-in gun. It is not clear whether this is the only such weapon she carried at the time.{{Conways1906|p. 124, and photo on p. 125}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 9 December 2014
| U.S.S. Fairfax (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Hull Number: | DD-93 |
| Builder: | Mare Island[1] |
| Laid down: | 10 Jul, 1917[2] |
| Launched: | 15 Dec, 1917[3] |
| Commissioned: | 6 Apr, 1918[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 26 Nov, 1940[5] |
| Broken up: | 1949[6] |
| Fate: | as Soviet DD |
U.S.S. Fairfax was one of one hundred and eleven Wickes class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Fairfax was commissioned on 6 April, 1918 with Lieutenant Commander Stanford C. Hooper in command.
Armament
Fairfax was different than many of her sisters in that in May, 1918, she carried an A.A. gun of some type forward, situated behind the forward 4-in gun. It is not clear whether this is the only such weapon she carried at the time.[7]
Captains
- Lieutenant Commander Stanford C. Hooper, 6 April, 1918
- Lieutenant Henry M. Kieffer, 12 January, 1921[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 431.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 124, and photo on p. 125.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 40-41.
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