U.S.S. Welborn C. Wood (1920)
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U.S.S. Welborn C. Wood (1920) | |
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Hull Number: | DD-195 |
Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1] |
Laid down: | 24 Sep, 1918[2] |
Launched: | 6 Mar, 1920[3] |
Commissioned: | 14 Jan, 1921[4] |
Decommissioned: | 8 Aug, 1922[5] |
Broken up: | 1947[6] |
Fate: | as H.M.S. Chesterfield |
U.S.S. Welborn C. Wood was one of one hundred and fifty-six Clemson Class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
She was commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 14 January, 1921 with Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Leon W. Mills in temporary command pending the arrival of Lieutenant, j.g. Brady J. Dayton on 25 January.
Captains
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Leon W. Mills, 14 January, 1921 (temporary)
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Brady J. Dayton, 25 January, 1921
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