U.S.S. Balch (1912)

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U.S.S. Balch (1912)
Hull Number: DD-50
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Laid down: 7 May, 1912[2]
Launched: 21 Dec, 1912[3]
Commissioned: 26 Mar, 1914[4]
Decommissioned: 20 Jun, 1922[5]
Stricken: 8 Mar, 1935[6]
Sold:

U.S.S. Balch was one of eight Cassin class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy in 1913-15.

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Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  7. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 22.
  8. Burlington Free Press 21 June, 1919 p. 3.
  9. Navy Diectory 1 April, 1919 p. 196.

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Cassin Class Destroyer
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  Aylwin Parker Benham Balch  
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