Allied Warships

USS Upshur (DD 144)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	DD 144
Built by	William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	19 Feb 1918
Launched	4 Jul 1918
Commissioned	23 Dec 1918
End service	11 Nov 1945
History	Decommissioned at San Diego, California on 15 May 1922 Recommissioned on 2 June 1930 Decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 22 December 1936 Recommissioned on 4 October 1939 Reclassified AG-103 30 June 1945 Decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia on 11 November 1945 Stricken 16 November 1945 Sold 26 September 1947 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Upshur (DD 144)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Ralph Ensign Wilson, USN	4 Oct 1939	15 Jun 1940
2	William Kilian Romoser, USN	15 Jun 1940	9 May 1942
3	Lot Ensey, USN	9 May 1942	1 Nov 1942
4	Lcmdr Ernest Bradford Ellsworth, Jr., USN	1 Nov 1942	12 Feb 1944 (1)
5	James Abner Boyd, USN	12 Feb 1944	3 Oct 1944
6	Gordon Gemmill, USNR	3 Oct 1944	11 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Upshur include:

3 Apr 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. G.S.C Clarabut, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Hesperus (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, DSO and Bar, RN), USS Upshur and another vessel. (2)

4 Apr 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. J.P. Angell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Upshur, HNoMS St. Albans (Lt.Cdr. S.V. Storheill, RNorN), HMS Lotus (Lt.Cdr. H.J. Hall, DSC, RD, RNR). (3)

8 Apr 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. G.S.C Clarabut, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Madison, USS Lansdale, USS Charles F. Hughes, USS Babbitt and USS Upshur. (2)