Allied Warships

USS Crane (DD 109)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	DD 109
Built by	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	7 Jan 1918
Launched	4 Jul 1918
Commissioned	18 Apr 1919
End service	14 Nov 1945
History	Arrived at San Diego 1 September 1919 and operated in reduced commission until decommissioned at San Diego 7 June 1922 Recommissioned on 18 December 1939 Decommissioned at Philadelphia 14 November 1945 Stricken 19 December 1945 Sold 1 November 1946 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Crane (DD 109)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Marion Young Cohen, USN	18 Dec 1939	6 Jul 1940
2	Lt.Cdr. Joseph Wade Adams, Jr., USN	6 Jul 1940	20 Sep 1941
3	Lt.Cdr. Virgil Francis Gordinier, USN	20 Sep 1941	15 Aug 1942
4	Lt.Cdr. Harry Nelson Coffin, USN	15 Aug 1942	3 Sep 1943
5	Lt.Cdr. Samuel Leo Halfon, USNR	3 Sep 1943	10 May 1944
6	David R Wallace, USNR	10 May 1944	3 Sep 1944
7	Lt. Cmdr. Merritt Barton, USNR	9 Sep 1944	14 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Crane include:

2 Jul 1943
USS Seahorse (T/Cdr. D. McGregor, USN) departed San Diego for exercises with USS Crane (T/Cdr. H.N. Coffin, USN). They were escorted by USS PC-579 (Lt. F. Seymour, USNR).

On completion of the exercises USS Seahorse was to proceed to the Mare Island Navy Yard.

1 Aug 1943
Around 0900T/1, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed San Francisco for San Diego. She is escorted by USS Lawrence (T/Cdr. T.B. Hutchins, 3rd, USN) until 1930T/1 when USS Crane (T/Cdr. H.N. Coffin, USN) took over.

12 Feb 1944
USS Tilefish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.M. Keithly, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego with USS Crane (Lt.Cdr. S.L. Halfon, USNR).

13 Feb 1944
During 13/14 February 1944, USS Tilefish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.M. Keithly, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego with USS Crane (Lt.Cdr. S.L. Halfon, USNR) and USS PC-819 (Lt. E.D. Mendenhall, Jr., USNR).

USS PC-819 participated only on the 14th though.

15 Feb 1944
During 15/16 February 1944, USS Tilefish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.M. Keithly, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego with USS Crane (Lt.Cdr. S.L. Halfon, USNR) and USS PC-819 (Lt. E.D. Mendenhall, Jr., USNR).

17 Feb 1944
USS Tilefish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.M. Keithly, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego with USS Crane (Lt.Cdr. S.L. Halfon, USNR).

17 Feb 1944
During 18/19 February 1944, USS Tilefish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.M. Keithly, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego with USS Crane (Lt.Cdr. S.L. Halfon, USNR).

On completion of the exercises USS Tilefish set course for San Francisco. USS Crane returned to San Diego while USS Kennison (T/Lt.Cdr. R.E. Babb, USN) joined to escort the submarine all the way to San Francisco.