Allied Warships

USS McCormick (DD 223)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Clemson
Pennant	DD 223
Built by	William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	11 Aug 1919
Launched	22 Jan 1920
Commissioned	16 Aug 1920
End service	4 Oct 1945
History	Decommissioned 14 October 1938 Recommissioned 26 September 1939 Reclassified as Auxiliary AG-118 on 30 June 1945 Decommissioned 4 October 1945 Stricken 24 October 1945 Sold 15 December 1946 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS McCormick (DD 223)

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	Commander	From	To
1	John Hampden Lewis, USN	26 Sep 1939	27 Oct 1939
2	Cdr. Thomas Valentine Cooper, USN	27 Oct 1939	10 Apr 1940
3	Lt. Albert Collins Burrows, USN	10 Apr 1940	10 May 1940
4	Cdr. Thomas Valentine Cooper, USN	10 May 1940	20 Jul 1940
5	Lt. John David Huntley, USN	20 Jul 1940	13 Aug 1940
6	Cdr. Thomas Valentine Cooper, USN	13 Aug 1940	12 Oct 1940
7	Lt.Cdr. John Hampden Lewis, USN	12 Oct 1940	1 Oct 1941
8	Lt. Emmett John Sullivan, USN	1 Oct 1941	10 Oct 1941
9	Lt. Eugene Sylvester Sarsfield, USN	10 Oct 1941	15 Oct 1941
10	Lt.Cdr. Emmett John Sullivan, USN	15 Oct 1941	20 Oct 1941
11	Cdr. Ralph Waldo Hungerford, USN	20 Oct 1941	4 Nov 1941
12	Lt.Cdr. Emmett John Sullivan, USN	4 Nov 1941	22 Jan 1942
13	Lt.Cdr. Eugene Sylvester Sarsfield, USN	22 Jan 1942	4 Oct 1942
14	T/Lt.Cdr. Seymour Dunlop Owens, USN	4 Oct 1942	11 Oct 1943
15	T/Lt.Cdr. Fenelon Aveilhe Brock, USN	11 Oct 1943	12 Jul 1944
16	Thomas James Moriarty, USNR	12 Jul 1944	4 Jun 1945
17	Lt. Prentice Wilson Brower, USNR	4 Jun 1945	4 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving McCormick include:

19 Apr 1945
USS Dentuda (Cdr. J.S. McCain, Jr., USN) conducted exercises in Panama Bay together with USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR) and USS McCormick (Lt. T.J. Moriarty, USNR).

21 Apr 1945
USS Dentuda (Cdr. J.S. McCain, Jr., USN) conducted exercises in Panama Bay together with USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR) and USS McCormick (Lt. T.J. Moriarty, USNR).