U.S.S. Shubrick (1918)

U.S.S. Shubrick (1918)
Hull Number:	DD-268
Builder:	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard
Laid down:	3 Jun, 1918
Launched:	31 Dec, 1918
Commissioned:	7 Jul, 1919
Decommissioned:	8 Jun, 1922
Broken up:	1945
Fate:	as H.M.S. Ripley

U.S.S. Shubrick was one of one hundred and fifty-six Clemson Class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.

There was an earlier torpedo boat named U.S.S. Shubrick.

Service

Shubrick was commissioned on 3 July, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander Creed H. Boucher in command.

In September 1940, she was re-commissioned for service in the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Ripley.

Captains

• Lieutenant Commander C. H. Boucher, 3 July, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander John A. Agnew, 26 November, 1940 – 10 November, 1941  (ship is now H.M.S. Ripley)
• Lieutenant in Command Christopher R. Bax, 10 November, 1941 – 27 January, 1942
• Lieutenant-Commander (retired) George W. E. Castens, 27 January, 1942 – 23 April, 1943  (vice Bax)
• Lieutenant in Command Louis G. Toone, 30 April, 1943 – 16 October, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command William F. B. Webb, 16 October, 1943 – 2 November, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command Basil C. Hutchinson, 2 November, 1943 – 24 February, 1944
• Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. William F. McAusland, 24 February, 1944 – mid 1945^{[Fact Check]}

See Also

• Wikipedia