Allied Warships

USS McLanahan (i) (DD 264)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantDD 264 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (Squantum, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Apr 1918 
Launched22 Sep 1918 
Commissioned5 Apr 1919 
End service9 Oct 1940 
History

Decommissioned on 15 June 1922
Recommissioned on 18 December 1939 and transferred to the Royal Navy on 9 October 1940.

 
Career notesto Britain as HMS Bradford (H 72)

Commands listed for USS McLanahan (i) (DD 264)

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1Lt.Cdr. Forrest Close, USN18 Dec 19399 Oct 1940

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore


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