| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 159 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 26 Mar 1918 |
| Launched | 23 Apr 1919 |
| Commissioned | 30 Oct 1919 |
| End service | 17 May 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned 9 June 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Schenck (DD 159)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Samuel Morgan Bailey, USN | 28 Apr 1939 | 1 Nov 1939 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas Henry Tonseth, USN | 1 Nov 1939 | 19 May 1941 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Beaman Ellis, USN | 19 May 1941 | 26 May 1942 |
| 4 | Brown Taylor, USN | 26 May 1942 | 18 Sep 1942 |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. William Sears Estabrook, Jr., USN | 18 Sep 1942 | 1 Sep 1943 |
| 6 | Earl William Logsdon, USN | 1 Sep 1943 | 8 Sep 1944 |
| 7 | Franklin James Stanton, USNR | 8 Sep 1944 | 12 Sep 1944 |
| 8 | John Francis Cross, USNR | 12 Sep 1944 | 31 Aug 1945 |
| 9 | Franklin James Stanton, USNR | 31 Aug 1945 | 17 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving Schenck include:
24 Dec 1943
German U-boat U-645 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 45°20'N, 21°40'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Schenck.
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