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 |
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 | T/Lt.Cdr. 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)
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Sources
- http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/144.htm
- ADM 173/17827
- ADM 173/17793
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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