Allied Warships

USS Foote (i) (DD 169)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassWickes 
PennantDD 169 
Built byFore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Aug 1918 
Launched14 Dec 1918 
Commissioned21 Mar 1919 
End service23 Sep 1940 
History

Decommissioned on 6 July 1922
Recommissioned on 2 July 1940 and transferred to the Royal Navy on 23 September 1940.

 
Career notesto Britain as HMS Roxborough (I 07)

Commands listed for USS Foote (i) (DD 169)

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1Lt. Malcolm Alexander Hufty, USN17 Jun 194023 Sep 1940

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Media links


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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