Destroyer of the Bristol class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 601 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 31 Jan, 1942 |
| Launched | 25 Jul, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 Sep, 1942 |
| End service | 31 Jan, 1947 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Decommissioned 31 January 1947.
Stricken 2 January 1971.
Sold 8 May 1972 and broken up for scrap.
Further info on this website (offsite link). |
| Noteable events involving Champlin include: 12 Mar, 1943
The German submarine U-130 was sunk west of the Azores, in position 37º10'N, 40º21'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin (see map) 17 Mar, 1943
USS Rowan, USS Champlin and the American merchant William Johnson together pick up survivors from the American merchant Molly Pitcher that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-167 in the North Atlantic about 500 nautical miles west of Lisbon. The Molly Pitcher was abandoned and finally sunk the next day by the German submarine U-521. 7 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-856 was sunk in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40º18'N, 62º22'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin and the US destroyer escort USS Huse. (see map) |
