Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Wickes |
Pennant | DD 153 |
Built by | William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 4 Jun 1918 |
Launched | 7 Nov 1918 |
Commissioned | 19 May 1919 |
End service | 17 Jul 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 21 July 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Bernadou (DD 153)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. George Aloysius Leahey, Jr., USN | 16 Oct 1939 | 24 Jun 1940 |
2 | Lt. Leon Samuel Kintberger, USN | 24 Jun 1940 | 18 Jul 1940 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. George Charles Wright, USN | 18 Jul 1940 | 21 Oct 1941 |
4 | Lt. Robert Edgar Braddy, Jr., USN | 21 Oct 1941 | 1 Dec 1942 (1) |
5 | T/Cdr. Ernest William Longton, USN | 1 Dec 1942 | 4 Feb 1943 |
6 | Lt. Edward Francis Scott, USN | 4 Feb 1943 | 6 May 1943 |
7 | T/Lt.Cdr. Benjamin Long Edes Talman, USN | 6 May 1943 | 4 Apr 1944 (1) |
8 | William C. Meredith, USNR | 4 Apr 1944 | 17 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Bernadou include:
5 Feb 1942
USS Bernadou picks up 10 survivors from the Belgian merchant Gandia that was torpedoed and sunk on 22 January 1942 by German U-boat U-135 about 420 nautical miles east of Cape Race in position 45°00'N, 41°00'W.
1 Jun 1942
USS Bernadou (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Braddy, Jr., USN) picks up four survivors from the British merchant Fred W. Green that was shelled and sunk by German U-boat U-506 on 31 May about 200 miles southeast of Bermuda in position 30°20'N, 62°00'W.
26 Jun 1942
USS Bernadou involved in rescue of people off MV Jagersfontein sunk by sunk by U-107Gelhaus taking survivors off the Swiss SS Cergue that had been first on the scene after the sinking. 26 June 1942 (2)
27 Aug 1942
USS Bernadou picks up survivors from the American passenger ship Chatham that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-517 in the Belle Isle Strait in position 51°53'N, 55°48'W.
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Sources
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- Personal communication
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