Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Wickes |
Pennant | APD 6 |
Mod | High speed transport |
Built by | Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 17 Sep 1917 |
Launched | 30 Mar 1918 |
Commissioned | 2 Jul 1918 |
End service | 9 Nov 1945 |
History | Decommissioned at Philadelphia 2 June 2 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Stringham (APD 6)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Donald Cord Varian, USN | 11 Dec 1940 | 10 Mar 1942 (1) |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Clarence Evans Boyd, USN | 10 Mar 1942 | 25 Nov 1942 |
3 | T/Cdr. Adolphe Wildner, USN | 25 Nov 1942 | 11 Feb 1943 |
4 | T/Cdr. Joseph Aloysius McGoldrick, USN | 4 Mar 1943 | 15 May 1943 |
5 | Lt.Cdr. Ralph Henning Moureau, USNR | 15 May 1943 | 13 Sep 1944 (1) |
6 | John Boone Schley, USNR | 13 Sep 1944 | 10 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Stringham include:
19 Mar 1942
USS Stringham picks up 32 survivors from the
American tanker Papoose that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-124 about 15 nautical miles south-west of Cape Lookout in position 34°17'N, 76°39'W.
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