Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 425 |
| Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 19 Dec, 1938 |
| Launched | 20 Oct, 1939 |
| Commissioned | 6 Aug, 1940 |
| End service | 13 Mar, 1946 |
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| History | Decommissioned 13 March 1946.
Stricken 1 June 1969.
Sunk as target off Florida 14 October 1969. |
| Noteable events involving Madison include: 4 Jun, 1942
USS Madison picks up 13 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Berganger that was torpedoed and sunk south-east of Cape Cod by the German submarine U-578. 10 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-450 was sunk in the western Mediterranean south of Ostia, in position 41º11'N, 12º27'E, by depth charges from the British escort destroyers HMS Blankney, HMS Blencathra, HMS Brecon, HMS Exmoor and the US destroyer USS Madison. (see map) |
