Destroyer of the Wickes class
| 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 | |
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| 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. |
| 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) |
