uboat.net

Allied Warships

USS Herbert (DD 160)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassWickes 
PennantDD 160 
Built byNew York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Apr, 1918 
Launched8 May, 1919 
Commissioned21 Nov, 1919 
End service25 Sep, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 27 June 1922
Recommissioned 1 May 1930
Converted to High Speed Transport APD-22 on 1 December 1943
Decommissioned 25 September 1945
Stricken 24 October 1945
Sold 23 May 1946 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Herbert include:

11 Apr, 1942
USS Herbert picks up 2 survivors from the American tanker Harry F. Sinclair, Jr. that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-203 7 miles south of Cape Lookout in position 34.25N, 76.30W.



Books dealing with this subject include:

Titanic and Other Ships, Lightoller, Charles Herbert, 1935


Return to the Allied Warships section