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Re: 50 destroyers for bases deal
Caldwell-class destroyers
Wickes-class destroyers
- USS Aaron Ward became HMS Castleton on 9 September 1940. She was scrapped on 2 January 1948.
- USS Abbot became HMS Charlestown on 23 September 1940. She was scrapped on 3 December 1948.
- USS Buchanan became HMS Campbeltown on 9 September 1940. She was destroyed in Operation Chariot on 29 March 1942.
- USS Claxton became HMS Salisbury on 5 December 1940; she was employed as a special escort for specific convoys, including escorting Wasp during the supply of Spitfires to Malta. She was scrapped in the US in April 1945.
- USS Cowell became HMS Brighton on 23 Sept. 1940; transferred to the Soviet Union as Zharki on 16 July 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 4 March 1949. She was scrapped on 18 May 1949.
- USS Crowninshield became HMS Chelsea on 9 September 1940; transferred to the Soviet Union as Dzerki on 16 July 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 24 June 1949. She was scrapped on 27 July 1949.
- USS Doran became HMS St Marys on 23 September 1940. She was scrapped in December 1945.
- USS Evans became HMS Mansfield on 23 October 1940; heavily involved in the critical convoy actions of March 1943 with convoy HS-229, landing survivors in the United Kingdom; sold on 24 October 1944 for scrapping.
- USS Fairfax became HMS Richmond on 26 November 1940; transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhivuchi on 16 June 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 26 June 1949. She was scrapped on 29 June 1949.
- USS Foote became HMS Roxborough on 23 September 1940; while with convoy HX-222 Roxborough met with such heavy weather that the entire bridge structure was crushed, with eleven dead, including the Commanding Officer and 1st Lieutenant; the sole surviving executive officer managed to regain control of the ship, and under hand steering from aft, she made St. John's, Newfoundland; was transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestnyi on 10 August 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 7 February 1949. She was scrapped on 14 May 1949.
- USS Hale became HMS Caldwell on 9 September 1940. She was scrapped on 7 June 1945.
- USS Haraden became HMCS Columbia on 24 September 1940. She was scrapped on 7 August 1945.
- USS Hopewell became HMS Bath on 23 September 1940; while escorting her sixth convoy (OG-71) between Liverpool and Gibraltar, Bath was torpedoed by U-204 on 19 August 1941 and sank rapidly.
- USS Kalk became HMCS Hamilton on 23 September 1940; lost while being towed to Boston for scrapping in 1945.
- USS MacKenzie became HMCS Annapolis on 29 September 1940; towed to Boston for scrapping on 22 June 1945.
- USS Maddox became HMS Georgetown on 23 September 1940; transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhostki in August 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 9 September 1952. She was scrapped on 16 September 1952.
- USS Philip became HMS Lancaster on 23 October 1940. She was scrapped on 30 May 1947.
- USS Ringgold became HMS Newark on 5 December 1940; consigned for scrapping on 18 February 1947.
- USS Robinson became HMS Newmarket on 5 December 1940. She was scrapped on 21 September 1945.
- USS Sigourney became HMS Newport on 5 December 1940. She was scrapped on 18 February 1947.
- USS Thatcher became HMCS Niagara on 26 September 1940; on 28 August 1941 Niagara was involved in the capture of U-570, which had surrendered to an RAF Hudson the previous day. She was scrapped by the end of 1947.
- USS Thomas became HMS St Albans on 23 September 1940; while with convoy SCL-81, St Albans took part in the sinking of U-401 on 3 August 1941; encountered the Polish submarine Jastrzab, and in company with the minesweeper Seagull, attacked and sank it in early 1942; transferred to the Soviet Union as Dostoinyi on 16 July 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 28 February 1949; towed for scrapping on 18 May 1949.
- USS Tillman became HMS Wells on 5 December 1940. She was scrapped February 1946.
- USS Twiggs became HMS Leamington on 23 October 1940; during the fighting around convoy SC-42 in the North Atlantic she shared in the sinking of U-207 on 11 September 1941; while covering convoy WS-17 in the UK approaches, sank U-587 on 27 March 1942; transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhguchi on 17 July 1944; returned on 15 November 1950; hired for the film The Gifthorse, the last Town-class destroyer at sea under her own power. She was scrapped on 3 December 1951.
- USS Wickes became HMS Montgomery on 25 October 1940; on convoy escort Montgomery rescued the survivors of Scottish Standard on 21 February 1941 and sank the Italian submarine Marcello the next day. She was scrapped on 10 April 1945.
- USS Williams became HMCS St Clair on 29 September 1940. She was scrapped on 5 March 1946.
- USS Yarnall became HMS Lincoln on 23 October 1940; transferred to the Soviet Union as Druzhny on 26 August 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 24 August 1952. She was scrapped on 3 September 1952.
Clemson-class destroyers
- USS Abel P. Upshur became HMS Clare on 9 September 1940. She was scrapped on 18 February 1947.
- USS Aulick(DD-258) became HMS Burnham on 8 October 1940. She was scrapped on 2 December 1948.
- USS Bailey became HMS Reading on 26 November 1940. She was scrapped on 24 July 1945.
- USS Bancroft became HMCS St Francis on 24 September 1940. She was wrecked while being towed for scrapping on 14 July 1945.
- USS Branch became HMS Beverley on 8 October 1940; she attacked and sank U-187 on 4 February 1942. Beverley was torpedoed by U-188 on 11 April 1943 and was sunk with the loss of all but four of the ship's company of 152.
- USS Edwards became HMS Buxton on 8 October 1940. She was scrapped on 21 March 1946.
- USS Herndon became HMS Churchill on 9 September 1940; transferred to the Soviet Union as Dyatelnyi on 30 May 1944; torpedoed and sunk by U-956 on 16 January 1945 while escorting a White Sea convoy; the last war loss of the class and the only one of the destroyers transferred to the Soviet Union to be lost.
- USS Hunt became HMS Broadway on 8 October 1940; while escorting convoy OB-318, Broadway took part in the attack on U-110 on 9 May 1941; abandoned by its crew, U-110 was boarded and taken in tow. Escorting convoy HX-237, Broadway located and sank U-89 in the North Atlantic on 14 May 1943; allocated for scrapping in March 1948.
- USS Laub became HMS Burwell on 8 October 1940; one of the ships involved in the recovery of U-570 after its surrender to an RAF aircraft; consigned for scrapping in March 1947.
- USS Mason became HMS Broadwater on 2 October 1940; escorting convoy SC-48 between St. John's, Newfoundland and Iceland, Broadwater was torpedoed by U-101 and sunk on 19 October 1941.
- USS McCalla became HMS Stanley on 23 October 1940; escorting convoy HG-76 from Gibraltar, Stanley and accompanying vessels sank U-131 on 17 December 1941 and U-434 on the following day; Stanley was sunk by U-574 on 19 December 1941 with the loss of all but 25 of her crew.
- USS McCook became HMCS St Croix on 24 September 1940; escorting convoy ON-113 she attacked and sank U-90 on 27 July 1942; escorting convoy KMS-10, St Croix and HMCS Shediac sank U-87; while escorting the combined convoys ON-202 and ONS-18, St Croix was twice torpedoed by U-305 and sunk on 20 September 1940; survivors were taken aboard the frigate Itchen, which was sunk on 22 September with very heavy loss of life; only one of St Croix's crew of 147 survived.
- USS McLanahan became HMS Bradford on 8 October 1940; consigned for scrapping in August 1946.
- USS Meade became HMS Ramsey on 26 November 1940. She was scrapped July 1947.
- USS Rodgers became HMS Sherwood on 23 October 1940; stripped of usable parts, Sherwood was beached on 3 October 1943 as a target for RAF rocketequipped Beaufighters.
- USS Satterlee became HMS Belmont on 8 October 1940; while escorting troop convoy NA-2 from St. John's, Newfoundland, Belmont was torpedoed by U-82 on 31 January 1942 and sank with the loss of her entire ship's company.
- USS Shubrick became HMS Ripley on 26 November 1940; consigned for scrapping on 10 March 1945.
- USS Swasey became HMS Rockingham on 26 November 1940; while returning to Aberdeen on 27 September 1944, poor navigation brought her into the defensive minefields off the east coast of the United Kingdom, and after striking a mine Rockingham was abandoned and sank with the loss of one life.
- USS Welborn C. Wood became HMS Chesterfield on 9 September 1940. She was scrapped on 3 December 1948.
- USS Welles became HMS Cameron on 9 September 1940; Cameron never reached operational service; hit and set on fire by an air raid in Portsmouth on 5 December 1940, she was considered by the U.S. Navy as the worst damaged but surviving destroyer available and was extensively studied for explosive effects and damage control; consigned for scrapping on 1 December 1944.
Town class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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