| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 152 |
| Built by | William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 2 May 1918 |
| Launched | 22 Oct 1918 |
| Commissioned | 30 Apr 1919 |
| End service | 2 May 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19 April 1922 Recommisioned 15 August 1934 Decommissioned 14 January 1937 Recommissioned 16 October 1939 Converted for target towing and reclassified as AG-80 on 25 September 1944 Decommissioned 2 May 1946 Sold for scrap 12 March 1946. |
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Noteable events involving Du Pont include:
15 Mar 1942
USS Du Pont picks up 26 survivors from the American merchant Ario that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-158 east of Cape Lookout in position 34º37'N, 76º20'W.
13 Dec 1943
The German submarine U-172 was sunk on 13 December 1943 in the mid-Atlantic after a 27 hour fight west of the Canary Islands, in position 26º29'N, 29º58'W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue and by some 200 depth charges from the US destroyers USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram and USS Du Pont. (see map)