Allied Warships

USS Livermore (DD 429)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Benson / Gleaves
Pennant	DD 429
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	15 Aug 1938
Laid down	6 Mar 1939
Launched	3 Aug 1940
Commissioned	7 Oct 1940
End service	24 Jan 1947
History	Decommissioned 24 January 1947. Stricken 19 July 1956. Sold 3 March 1961 and broken up for scrap in August 1961 by Potomac Shipwrecking Co., Pope's Creek, Maryland.

Commands listed for USS Livermore (DD 429)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Vernon Huber, USN	7 Oct 1940	4 Dec 1942
2	Harry Edward Siedel, Jr., USN	4 Dec 1942	8 Nov 1944
3	Cdr. Kerfoot Bainbridge Smith, USN	8 Nov 1944	24 May 1946

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Notable events involving Livermore include:

11 Jul 1942
USS Livermore and USS Mayo together pick up 32 survivors from the American merchant Santa Rita that was torpedoed and sunk on 9 July 1942 by German U-boat U-172 about 700 nautical miles north-east of Puerto Rico in position 26°11'N, 55°40'W.