Allied Warships

USS Quick (DD 490)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 490 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down3 Nov 1941 
Launched3 May 1942 
Commissioned3 Jul 1942 
End service28 May 1949 
Loss position
 
History

Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-32 on 23 June 1945.
Decommissioned 28 May 1949.
Stricken 15 January 1972.
Sold 27 August 1973 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Quick (DD 490)

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1Lt.Cdr. Roger Brown Nickerson, USN3 Jul 1942???

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Noteable events involving Quick include:


16 Nov 1942
The German submarine U-173 was sunk at Casablanca in position 33º40'N, 07º35'W by depth charges from the US destroyers USS Woolsey, USS Swanson and USS Quick. (see map)



Submarine Grayback

Cline, Rick

Books dealing with this subject include:

Submarine Grayback, Cline, Rick, 1999


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