| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 142 |
| Built by | William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 31 Dec 1917 |
| Launched | 28 May 1918 |
| Commissioned | 27 Nov 1918 |
| End service | 20 Jul 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned at San Diego, California on 8 June 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Tarbell (DD 142)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Edward White Rawlins, USN | 4 Oct 1939 | 21 Mar 1941 |
| 2 | Solomon David Willingham, USN | 21 Mar 1941 | 20 May 1942 (1) |
| 3 | Walter Manley Foster, USN | 20 May 1942 | 4 Nov 1943 |
| 4 | Howard Martin Payne, USNR | 4 Nov 1943 | 15 Jun 1944 |
| 5 | Charles Alfred Berry, USNR | 15 Jun 1944 | 20 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Tarbell include:
26 Mar 1942
USS Tarbell picks up 22 survivors of the American tanker Dixie Arrow that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-71 12 nautical miles off the Diamond Shoals Lighted Buoy in position 34°55'N, 75°02'W.
15 May 1942
USS Tarbell picks up 25 survivors of the American merchant Lammot Du Pont that was torpedoed and sunk on 23 April 1942 by German U-boat U-125 500 nautical miles south-east of Bermuda in position 27°10'N, 57°10'W. Three of these survivors later died in hospital.
4 Jun 1942
USS Tarbell picks up 30 survivors of the American tanker M.F. Elliott that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by German U-boat U-502 about 150 nautical miles north-west of Trinidad in position 12°04'N, 63°49'W.
9 Sep 1942
USS R-12 (Lt. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises of Guantanamo Bay together with USS Chevalier (Lt.Cdr. E.R. McLean, Jr., USN), USS Jenkins (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Miller, USN) and USS Tarbell (Lt.Cdr. W.M. Foster, USN).
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