USS Cowell (DD-167)

History
United States
Name	USS Cowell
Namesake	John G. Cowell
Builder	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	15 July 1918
Launched	23 November 1918
Commissioned	17 March 1919
Decommissioned	27 June 1922
Commissioned	17 June 1940
Decommissioned	23 September 1940
Identification	Hull number: DD-167
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom, 23 September 1940
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Brighton
Commissioned	23 September 1940
Identification	Pennant number: I08
Fate	Transferred to USSR, 16 July 1944
Soviet Union
Name	Zharky (Жаркий / Torrid)
Acquired	16 July 1944
Fate	Returned to United Kingdom for scrapping, 28 February 1949
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,060 tons
Length	314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	101 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 x 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns; 4 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

The first USS Cowell (DD–167) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Brighton, and later to the Soviet Navy as Zharky.^{[note 1]}

As USS Cowell

Named for

Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss E. P. Garney; and commissioned

on 17 March 1919.

Cowell cleared

Split, and Trogir

, in turn until 23 October, when she cleared for home.

In reserve at Boston and

land bases for destroyers exchange

.

As HMS Brighton

Commissioned as HMS Brighton, the destroyer served with

Rosyth, Scotland

.

On 16 July 1944 she was transferred to Russia, in whose Navy she served as Zharky (rus. Жаркий, "Torrid")^{[note 2]} until returned to the British at Rosyth 28 February 1949. She was sold for scrap on 5 April 1949.