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DD-75 Wickes

Ships
Hull No. Ship Name Laid Down Launch Comm Status
DD 75 Wickes 6/26/1917 6/25/1918 7/31/1918 Transferred to Royal Navy 23 Oct 1940, renamed HMS MONTGOMERY (G.95). Placed in reserve Feb 1944. Broken up for scrap, in Spring 1945.
DD 76 Philip 9/1/1917 7/25/1918 8/24/1918 Transferred to Royal Navy, 23 Oct 1940; renamed LANCASTER. Served as a minelayer and convoy escort in the Royal Navy during World War II, and was reduced to reserve in July 1945. Broken up for scrap in 1947.
DD 77 Woolsey 11/1/1917 9/17/1918 9/30/1918 While operating off the Pacific coast of Panama near Coiba Island Woolsey was cut in half during a collision with the merchant vessel, SS Steel Inventor and sank early in the morning, 26 Feb 1921.
DD 78 Evans 12/28/1917 10/30/1918 11/11/1918 Transferred to Royal Navy Oct 1940. Renamed HMS MANSFIELD. Decommissioned 22 June 1944 at Halifax. Broken up for scrap in 1945.
DD 79 Little 6/18/1917 11/11/1917 4/6/1918 Sunk by Japanese destroyers off Savo Island, 5 Sept 1942.
DD 80 Kimberley 6/21/1917 12/14/1917 4/26/1918 Sold for scrap, Apr 1939.
DD 81 Sigourney 8/25/1917 12/16/1917 5/15/1918 Transferred to Royal Navy Nov 1940. Renamed HMS NEWPORT. Placed in reserve Jan 1945. Scrapped Feb 1947.
DD 82 Gregory 8/25/1917 1/27/1918 6/1/1918 Sunk by Japanese destroyers off Savo Island, 5 Sept 1942.
DD 83 Stringham 9/19/1917 3/30/1918 7/2/1918 Scrapped at Philadelphia, Mar 1946.
DD 84 Dyer 9/26/1917 4/13/1918 7/1/1918 Sold for scrap, Sept 1936
DD 85 Colhoun 9/19/1917 2/21/1918 6/13/1918 Sunk in Japanese air raid off Guadalcanal, 30 Aug 1942; (51 killed).
DD 86 Stevens 9/20/1917 1/13/1918 5/24/1918 Sold for scrap, Sept 1936.
DD 87 McKee 10/29/1917 3/23/1918 9/7/1918 Sold for scrap, Jan 1936.
DD 88 Robinson 10/31/1917 3/28/1918 10/19/1918 Transferred to Royal Navy Nov 1940. Renamed HMS NEWMARKET, commissioned 5 Dec 1940. Scrapped at Llanelly in September 1945.
DD 89 Ringgold 10/20/1917 4/14/1918 11/11/1918 Transferred to Royal Navy Nov 1940. Renamed HMS NEWARK. Scrapped Feb 1947.
DD 90 McKean 2/12/1918 7/4/1918 2/20/1919 Sunk by Japanese torpedo plane off Bougainville, 17 Nov 1943. (116 killed; including 52 Marines of 185 embarked).
DD 91 Harding 2/12/1918 7/4/1918 1/24/1919 Sold for scrap, Sept 1936.
DD 92 Gridley 4/1/1918 7/4/1918 3/8/1919 Sold for scrap, April 1939.
DD 93 Fairfax 7/10/1917 12/16/1917 4/6/1918 Transferred to Royal Navy Nov 1940. Renamed HMS RICHMOND, recommissioned 5 Dec 1940. Transferred to Russian Navy 16 July 1944. Renamed JIVOOCHYI. Returned and scrapped in 1949.
DD 94 Taylor 10/15/1917 2/14/1918 6/1/1918 Taylors bow was used to repair DD-150 Blakley in 1942 when a German torpedo took off 60 feet of her bow. Sold for scrap, Aug 1945.
DD 95 Bell 11/16/1917 4/20/1918 7/31/1918 Sold for scrap, Apr 1939.
DD 96 Stribling 12/14/1917 5/29/1918 8/16/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Towed to San Pedro, CA in Jan 1937 and sunk as target off Pearl Harbor Hawaii, 28 July 1937.
DD 97 Murray 12/22/1917 6/8/1918 8/21/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Sold for scrap, Sep 1936.
DD 98 Israel 1/26/1918 6/22/1918 9/13/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Sold for scrap, April 1939 to comply with London Naval Treaty of 1930.
DD 99 Luce 2/9/1918 6/29/1918 9/11/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Sold for Sept 1936. Scrapped 13 Nov 1936.
DD 100 Maury 5/4/1918 7/4/1918 9/23/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Sold for scrap, Jan 1931. Scrapped 1 May 1934.
DD 101 Lansdale 4/20/1918 7/21/1918 10/28/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Reduced to a hulk 28 Dec 1936, sold for scrap, Mar 1939.
DD 102 Mahan 5/4/1918 8/4/1918 10/24/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Sold for scrap, Jan 1931.
DD 103 Schley 10/29/1917 3/28/1918 9/20/1918 Converted to fast transport Feb 1943. Scrapped Mar 1946 at Philadelphia Navy Yard.
DD 104 Champlin 10/31/1917 4/7/1918 11/11/1918 Assigned for use in experiments 19 May 1933, sunk in tests off San Diego, 12 Aug 1936.
DD 105 Mugford 12/20/1917 4/14/1918 11/25/1918 Sold for scrap, in 1936.
DD 106 Chew 1/2/1918 5/26/1918 12/12/1918 Sold for scrap, Oct 1946.
DD 107 Hazelwood 12/24/1917 6/22/1918 2/20/1919 Sold for scrap, Aug 1935, scrapped 14 Apr 1936
DD 108 Williams 3/25/1918 7/4/1918 3/1/1919 Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy 24 Sep 1940. Renamed HMCS ST CLAIR. Involved in the chase of the Bismark and shot down a German long range bomber that had arrived shortly after Bismark had been sunk. Deemed unfit for further duty Aug 1944. Transferred for disposal Oct 1946. Foundered in storm on unknown date.
DD 109 Crane 1/7/1918 7/4/1918 4/18/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1946.
DD 110 Hart 1/8/1918 7/4/1918 5/26/1919 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Sold for scrap, Feb 1932.
DD 111 Ingraham 1/12/1918 7/4/1918 5/15/1919 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Sunk as target off Pearl Harbor, 23 July 1937
DD 112 Ludlow 1/7/1918 6/9/1918 12/23/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1920. Sold for scrap, Mar 1931.
DD 113 Rathburne 7/12/1917 12/27/1917 6/24/1918 Sold for scrap, Nov 1946.
DD 114 Talbot 7/12/1917 2/20/1918 7/20/1918 Sold for scrap, Jan 1946
DD 115 Waters 7/26/1917 3/3/1918 8/8/1918 Sold for scrap, May 1946.
DD 116 Dent 8/30/1917 3/23/1918 9/9/1918 Sold for scrap, June 1946.
DD 117 Dorsey 9/18/1917 4/9/1918 9/16/1918 Grounded during typhoon off Okinawa, 9 Oct 1945. Decommissioned 8 Dec 1945. Battered hulk was destroyed 11 Jan 1946.
DD 118 Lea 9/18/1917 4/29/1918 10/2/1918 Sold for scrap, Nov 1945.
DD 119 Lamberton 10/1/1917 3/30/1918 8/22/1918 Converted to a target-towing ship in 1932. Converted to high speed minesweeper in 1940. Reclassified AG-21, 5 June 1946 and sold for scrap, May 1947.
DD 120 Radford 10/2/1917 4/5/1918 9/30/1918 Sunk as target off San Diego, 5 Aug 1936.
DD 121 Montgomery 10/2/1917 3/23/1918 7/26/1918 Irreparably damaged by a mine in Ngulu Lagoon Caroline Islands, 17 Oct 1944. Stricken, 28 Apr 1945, sold 11 Mar 1946 and hulk was broken up for scrap.
DD 122 Breese 11/10/1917 5/11/1918 10/23/1918 Sold for scrap, May 1946.
DD 123 Gamble 11/12/1917 5/11/1918 11/29/1918 Converted to light minelayer in 1930. Irreparably damaged by Japanese aircraft off Iwo Jima February 17 1945 and scuttled off Guam 16 July 1945.
DD 124 Ramsay 12/21/1917 6/8/1918 2/15/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1946.
DD 125 Tattnall 12/1/1917 9/5/1918 6/26/1919 Sold for scrap, Oct 1946
DD 126 Badger 1/9/1918 8/24/1918 5/29/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1945.
DD 127 Twiggs 1/23/1918 9/28/1918 7/28/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy Oct 1940. Renamed HMS LEAMINGTON (G.19). Loaned to Russian Navy 16 June 1944, serving as JGOOCHPI until returned in 1950. Scrapped at Newport, England July 1951.
DD 128 Babbitt 2/19/1918 9/30/1918 10/24/1919 Sold for scrap, June 1946.
DD 129 DeLong 2/21/1918 10/29/1918 9/20/1919 Ran aground in heavy fog at Halfmoon Bay, 1 Dec 1921. Salvaged 17 Dec 1921. Sold for scrap, Sept 1922.
DD 130 Jacob Jones 2/21/1918 11/20/1918 10/20/1919 Sunk by German submarine U-578 off the coast of New Jersey, 28 Feb 1942. Only 11 crew survived.
DD 131 Buchanan 6/29/1918 1/2/1919 1/20/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy 9 Sep 1940, renamed HMS CAMPBELTOWN. Served as blockship in the St. Nazaire raid 28 Mar 1942. Loaded with high explosives she caused heavy damage to the port facilities.
DD 132 Aaron Ward 8/1/1918 4/10/1919 4/21/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy 9 Sept 1940, renamed HMS CASTLETON. Decommissioned 13 Mar 1945. Broken up for scrap in 1947.
DD 133 Hale 10/7/1918 5/29/1919 6/12/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy 9 Sep 1940, renamed HMS CALDWELL. Broken up for scrap, Sep 1944.
DD 134 Crowninshield 11/5/1918 7/24/1919 8/6/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy 9 Sep 1940, renamed HMS CHELSEA. Transferred to Russia 16 July 1944, renamed DERSKNI. Broken up for scrap in 1949.
DD 135 Tillman 7/29/1918 7/7/1919 4/10/1921 Transferred to Royal Navy 26 Nov 1940, renamed HMS WELLS (I.95). Decommissioned July 1945 and scrapped 24 July 1945 at Troon, Scotland.
DD 136 Boggs 11/15/1917 4/25/1918 9/23/1918 Converted to high speed minesweeper in late 1940. Sold for scrap, Nov 1946.
DD 137 Kilty 12/15/1917 4/25/1918 12/17/1918 Converted to high speed transport Jan 1943. Sold for scrap, Aug 1946.
DD 138 Kennison 2/14/1918 6/8/1918 4/2/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1946.
DD 139 Ward 5/15/1918 6/1/1918 7/24/1918 Sunk by Japanese kamikaze off Leyte, 7 Dec 1944.
DD 140 Claxton 4/25/1918 1/14/1919 9/15/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy 5 Dec 1940, renamed HMS SALISBURY. Assigned to Royal Canadian Navy, decommissioned 10 Dec 1943. Sold for scrap, June 1944.
DD 141 Hamilton 6/8/1918 1/15/1919 11/7/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1946.
DD 142 Tarbell 12/31/1917 5/28/1918 11/27/1918 Sold for scrap, Nov 1945.
DD 143 Yarnall 2/12/1918 6/19/1918 11/29/1918 Transferred to Royal Navy 23 Oct 1940, renamed HMS LINCOLN (G.42). Transferred to Russian Navy 26 Aug 1944 to be canibalized for parts for her sister ships which had been transferred. Hulk returned to Britain 23 Aug 1952. Broken up for scrap in September 1952.
DD 144 Upshur 2/19/1918 7/4/1918 12/23/1918 Sold for scrap, Sep 1947, scrapped by Apr 1948.
DD 145 Greer 2/24/1918 8/1/1918 12/31/1918 Attacked by German U-boat 4 Sep 1941 in "Greer Incident". Sold for scrap, Nov 1945.
DD 146 Elliot 2/23/1918 7/4/1918 1/26/1919 Converted to high speed minesweeper in 1940. Sold for scrap, Jan 1947.
DD 147 Roper 3/19/1918 8/17/1918 2/15/1919 Sold for scrap, Jan 1946, scrapped Dec 1946.
DD 148 Breckinridge 3/11/1918 8/17/1918 2/27/1919 Sold for scrap, Oct 1946.
DD 149 Barney 3/26/1918 9/5/1918 3/14/1919 Sold for scrap, Oct 1946.
DD 150 Blakeley 3/26/1918 9/19/1918 5/8/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1945.
DD 151 Biddle 4/22/1918 10/3/1918 4/22/1919 Sold for scrap, Dec 1946.
DD 152 Du Pont 5/2/1918 10/22/1918 4/30/1919 Sold for scrap, Mar 1947.
DD 153 Bernadou 6/4/1918 11/7/1918 5/19/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1945.
DD 154 Ellis 7/8/1918 11/30/1918 6/7/1919 Sold for scrap, June 1947.
DD 155 Cole 6/25/1918 1/11/1919 6/19/1919 Sold for scrap, Oct 1947.
DD 156 J Fred Talbott 7/8/1918 12/14/1918 6/30/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1946.
DD 157 Dickerson 5/25/1918 3/12/1919 9/3/1919 Converted to fast transport Aug 1943. Hit by kamikaze off Okinawa 2 Apr 1945; killed 54 including the CO. Towed out to sea and scuttled off Kerama Retto 4 Apr 1945.
DD 158 Leary 3/6/1918 12/18/1918 12/5/1919 Sunk by German submarine U-275 north of the Azores; hit by three torpedoes, 24 Dec 1943. (97 killed including CO).
DD 159 Schenck 3/26/1918 4/23/1919 10/30/1919 Sold for scrap, Nov 1946
DD 160 Herbert 4/9/1918 5/8/1919 11/21/1919 Sold for scrap, May 1946.
DD 161 Palmer 5/29/1918 8/18/1918 11/22/1918 Converted to high speed minesweeper Nov 1940. Sunk by Japanese aircraft in Lingayen Gulf, 7 Jan 1945. (28 killed).
DD 162 Thatcher 6/8/1918 8/31/1918 1/14/1919 Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy 24 Sep 1940; renamed HMCS NIAGARA (I.67). Decommissioned 15 Sep 1945. Turned over to the War Assets Corp. on 27 May 1946 and broken up for scrap.
DD 163 Walker 6/19/1918 9/14/1918 1/31/1919 Converted to water barge Apr 1939, then to damage control hulk (DCH-1) 11 July 1940. Berthed at San Diego. Taken to sea and scuttled on 28 December 1941
DD 164 Crosby 6/23/1918 9/28/1918 1/24/1919 Sold for scrap, May 1946.
DD 165 Meredith 6/26/1918 9/22/1918 1/29/1919 Sold for scrapping Sep 1936, in accordance with London Naval Treaty of 1930.
DD 166 Bush 7/4/1918 10/27/1918 2/19/1919 Sold for scrap, Sep 1936.
DD 167 Cowell 7/15/1918 11/23/1918 3/17/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy 23 Sep 1940, renamed HMS BRIGHTON. Transferred to Russia 16 July 1944, renamed JARKYI. Returned to the British at Rosyth 28 Feb 1949 and broken up for scrap.
DD 168 Maddox 7/20/1918 10/27/1918 3/10/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy 23 Sep 1940, renamed HMS GEORGETOWN. Transferred to Russia Aug 1944, renamed DOBLESTNYI. Broken up for scrap in 1949.
DD 169 Foote 8/7/1918 12/14/1918 3/21/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy 23 Sep 1940, renamed HMS ROXBOROUGH. Transferred to Russia 1 Aug 1944, renamed ZHOSTKPI. Returned to Great Britain 7 February 1949 and broken up for scrap in 1952
DD 170 Kalk 3/4/1917 12/21/1918 3/29/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy, 23 Sep 1940; renamed HMS HAMILTON. Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy, June 1941. Decommissioned by RCN, 8 June 1945 and towed to Boston to be scrapped.
DD 171 Burns 4/15/1918 7/4/1918 8/7/1919 Used as barracks ship at Mare Island Navy Yard, 11 June 1930 - Apr 1932. Scrapped, Apr 1932.
DD 172 Anthony 4/18/1918 8/10/1918 6/19/1919 Sunk as target off coast of California, 22 July 1937.
DD 173 Sproston 4/20/1918 8/10/1918 7/12/1919 Reclassified light minelayer, 17 July 1920. Stricken and sunk as target off California, 20 July 1937.
DD 174 Rizal 6/26/1918 9/21/1918 5/28/1919 Sold for scrap, Feb 1932, in accordance with London Naval Treaty.
DD 175 MacKenzie 7/4/1918 9/29/1919 7/25/1919 Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy, 24 Sep 1940; renamed HMCS ANNAPOLIS. Turned over to War Assets Corp. and sold for scrap, June 1945.
DD 176 Renshaw 5/8/1918 9/21/1918 7/31/1919 Sold for scrap, Sep 1936.
DD 177 O Bannon 11/12/1918 2/28/1919 8/27/1919 Sold for scrap, Sep 1936.
DD 178 Hogan 11/25/1918 4/12/1919 10/1/1919 Sunk off San Diego, 8 Nov 1945 in bombing tests.
DD 179 Howard 12/9/1918 4/26/1919 1/29/1920 Sold for scrap, June 1946.
DD 180 Stansbury 12/9/1918 5/16/1919 1/8/1920 Sold for scrap, Nov 1946.
DD 181 Hopewell 1/19/1918 6/8/1918 3/22/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy, 23 Sep 1940; renamed HMS BATH (I-17). Manned by Norwegian Navy. Sunk by German submarine U-204, 19 Aug 1941.
DD 182 Thomas 3/23/1918 7/4/1918 4/25/1919 Transferred to Royal Navy, 23 Sep 1940; renamed HMS ST ALBANS (I-15). Transferred to Russian Navy, 16 July 1944; renamed DOSTOINYI. Returned 28 Feb 1949. Scrapped, Apr 1949.
DD 183 Haraden 3/30/1918 7/4/1918 6/7/1919 Struck a cliff in foul weather off the coast of Newfoundland, 25 Feb 1944. Not fully repaired after the accident but made watertight and used as a fuel and ammunition hulk in Nova Scotia until her return to the War Assets Administration for disposal in August 1945 when she was sold for scrapping.
DD 184 Abbot 4/5/1918 7/4/1918 7/19/1919 Paid off on 15 January 1945 to be scrapped. Broken up for scrap in 1947.
DD 185 Bagley 5/11/1918 10/19/1918 8/27/1919 Paid off, Feb 1944. Scrapped in 1945.



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