Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Wickes |
Pennant | DD 125 |
Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 1 Dec 1917 |
Launched | 5 Sep 1918 |
Commissioned | 26 Jun 1919 |
End service | 17 Dec 1945 |
History | Decommissioned at San Diego, California 15 June 15 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Tattnall (DD 125)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | James Robert Pahl, USN | 21 Jun 1939 | 20 May 1940 |
2 | Lewis Merrill Markham, Jr., USN | 20 May 1940 | 11 Jul 1942 |
3 | Lt. Leo George May, USN | 11 Jul 1942 | 21 Aug 1943 |
4 | William Henry Stewart, USNR | 21 Aug 1943 | 11 Feb 1944 |
5 | Frank Howard Lennox, USNR | 11 Feb 1944 | 29 Jan 1945 |
6 | Benjamin Alfred Habich, USNR | 29 Jan 1945 | 17 Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Tattnall include:
16 Jun 1942
USS Tatnall and USS Erie pick up 93 survivors from the American Lebore that was torpedoed and sunk on 14 June 1942 by German U-boat U-172 about 200 miles north of Cristobal, Panama in position 12°53'N, 80°40'W.
Among these 93 survivors were 49 survivors from the Dutch merchant Crijnssen.
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