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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Laub'' was commissioned on 17 March, 1919 with Commander [[William Faulkner Amsden|William F. Amsden]] in command. | ''Laub'' was commissioned on 17 March, 1919 with Commander [[William Faulkner Amsden|William F. Amsden]] in command. | ||
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+ | ''Laub'' was one of the fifty U.S. destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940, becoming '''H.M.S. ''Burwell'''''. | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Laub''" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Laub''" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Faulkner Amsden|nick=William Faulkner Amsden|appt=17 March, 1919|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Faulkner Amsden|nick=William Faulkner Amsden|appt=17 March, 1919|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Sidney Richard James Woods|nick=Sidney R. J. Woods|appt=9 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|end=mid 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Burwell''}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Thomas Stanley Lane Fox-Pitt|nick=Thomas S. L. Fox-Pitt|appt=3 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|end=October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Burwell''}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Anthony Heron Parish|nick=Anthony H. Parish|appt=1 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|end=9 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Burwell''}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNVR}}|name=Alan Vincent Turner|nick=Alan V. Turner|appt=8 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|end=22 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Burwell''}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNVR}}|name=John Rowlands Pritchard|nick=John R. Pritchard|appt=22 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|end=late 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4323}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Burwell''}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Revision as of 14:10, 23 October 2019
U.S.S. Laub (1918) | |
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Hull Number: | DD-263 |
Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard[1] |
Laid down: | 20 Apr, 1918[2] |
Launched: | 25 Aug, 1918[3] |
Commissioned: | 17 Mar, 1919[4] |
Decommissioned: | 15 Jun, 1922[5] |
Broken up: | 1947[6] |
Fate: | as H.M.S. 'Burwell |
Service
Laub was commissioned on 17 March, 1919 with Commander William F. Amsden in command.
Laub was one of the fifty U.S. destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940, becoming H.M.S. Burwell.
Captains
- Commander William Faulkner Amsden, 17 March, 1919
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Sidney R. J. Woods, 9 October, 1940[7] – mid 1942[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Thomas S. L. Fox-Pitt, 3 August, 1942[9] – October, 1942[10]
- Lieutenant in Command Anthony H. Parish, 1 November, 1942[11] – 9 August, 1943[12]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Alan V. Turner, 8 September, 1943[13] – 22 August, 1944[14]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command John R. Pritchard, 22 August, 1944[15] – late 1944[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
Bibliography