Allied Warships

USS Schenck (DD 159)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassWickes 
PennantDD 159 
Built byNew York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Mar 1918 
Launched23 Apr 1919 
Commissioned30 Oct 1919 
End service17 May 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 9 June 1922
Recommissioned 1 May 1930
Reclassified as AG-82 on 2 September 1944
Decommissioned 17 May 1946
Stricken 5 June 1946
Sold 25 November 1946 and broken up for scrap.

 

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Noteable events involving Schenck include:


24 Dec 1943
The German submarine U-645 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 45º20'N, 21º40'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Schenck. (see map)

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