USS Bagley (DD-185)

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USS Bagley (DD-185)
History
United States
NameBagley
NamesakeWorth Bagley
Builder
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Cost$1,253,363 (hull and machinery)[1]
Laid down11 May 1918
Launched19 October 1918
Commissioned27 August 1919
Decommissioned12 July 1922
NamesakeJohn James Doran
RenamedUSS Doran, 22 December 1939 (following the naming of USS Bagley (DD-386))
Recommissioned17 June 1940
Decommissioned22 September 1940
Stricken8 January 1941
IdentificationDD-185
FateTransferred to United Kingdom, 22 September 1940
United Kingdom
NameHMS St. Mary's
Commissioned22 September 1940
DecommissionedFebruary 1944
FateScrapped, 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeWickes-class destroyer
Displacement1,213 tons
Length314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement122 officers and enlisted
Armament

The second USS Bagley (DD–185) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was renamed USS Doran and later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS St. Mary's (I-12), a Town-class destroyer.

Service history

As USS Bagley and USS Doran

Named for Ensign

Atlantic Fleet
.

Between August 1919 and July 1920 Bagley served in destroyer Flotillas 1, 3, and 8 participating in maneuvers and training in the

Atlantic and Caribbean. She was placed in reserve commission 16 July 1920 and out of commission at Philadelphia 12 July 1922. During 25 April 1932 – 20 April 1934 she was on loan to the Coast Guard
.

The name Bagley was dropped 31 May 1935 and, until 1939, she was referred to as DD-185 (ex-Bagley). She was renamed Doran 22 December 1939, for

.

As HMS St. Mary's

She was renamed HMS St. Mary's and arrived at

Salford Docks
until December.

St. Mary's carried out minelaying and shipping defense duties in 1942 and 1943. In February 1944 she was paid off in the Tyne and remained there until the end of the war, when she was scrapped.

References

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.

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