Allied Warships

USS Tarbell (DD 142)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

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 Recommissioned on 29 May 1930 Decommissioned in late 1936 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Recommissioned on 4 October 1939 Decommissioned at Philadelphia on 20 July 1945 Stricken 13 August 1945 Sold 30 November 1945 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Tarbell (DD 142)

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	Commander	From	To
	Solomon David Willingham, USN		1 May 1942 (1)

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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.