The first USS Percival (DD-298) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for John PercivalPercival was launched 5 December 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss Eleanor Wartsbaugh; and commissioned 1 March 1920, Commander Raymond A. Spruance, who was to lead the US 5th Fleet inWorld War II, in command.
With trials off the California coast completed, Percival reported for duty with Squadron 4 Flotilla 5 of the Cruiser Destroyer Force Pacific based at San Diego, California. On 8 September 1923, the ship was involved in the Honda Point Disaster, and a few days later, she became flagship of Squadron 11 and made annual deployments with the PacificBattle Fleet in fleet problems. Percival was decommissioned 26 April 1930 and scrapped in 1931. . USS Oklahoma (BB-37), the only ship of the United States Navy to ever be named for the 46th state, was a World War I-era battleship and the second of two ships in her class. She and her sister, Nevada, were the first U.S. warships to use oil fuel instead ofcoal.[6][page needed]
The Oklahoma, commissioned in 1916, served in World War I as a member of BatDiv 6,[4]protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic. After the war, she served in both the United States Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet. Oklahoma was modernized between 1927 and 1929. In 1936, she rescued American citizens and refugees from theSpanish Civil War. On returning to the West coast in August of the same year, Oklahomaspent the rest of her service in the Pacific. On 7 December 1941, Oklahoma was sunk by several bombs and torpedoes during theJapanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A total of 429 crew died when she capsized inBattleship Row. In 1943 Oklahoma was righted and salvaged. However, unlike most of the other battleships that were recovered following Pearl Harbor, the Oklahoma was too damaged to return to duty. She was eventually stripped of her remaining armaments and superstructure before being sold for scrap in 1946. She sank in a storm while being towed from Oahu in Hawaii to a breakers yard in San Francisco Bay in 1947. The first USS Mullany (DD-325) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for James Robert Madison Mullany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mullany_(DD-325) Read all posts here - USS Louisville (CA-28) – a Northampton-class heavy cruiser – was the third ship of theUnited States Navy to be named for the city of Louisville, Kentucky. She was active throughout the Pacific War.
http://jcsnavy.weebly.com/ Louisville was launched on 1 September 1930 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, sponsored by Miss Jane Brown Kennedy, and commissioned on 15 January 1931, Captain Edward John Marquart in command. Originally CL-28, effective 1 July 1931, Louisville was redesignated CA-28 in accordance with the provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Louisville_(CA-28) |
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