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Allied Warships

USS Woolsey (DD 437)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 437 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Oct, 1939 
Launched14 Feb, 1941 
Commissioned7 May, 1941 
End service13 Jun, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 13 June 1946.
Stricken 1 July 1971.
Sold 12 June 1974 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Woolsey 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)

16 Dec, 1943
The German submarine U-73 was sunk in the Mediterranean near Oran, in position 36º07'N, 00º50'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyers USS Woolsey and USS Trippe. (see map)


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