USS Fox (DD-234)
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Gustavus Vasa Fox |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 25 June 1918 |
Launched | 12 June 1919 |
Commissioned | 17 May 1920 |
Decommissioned | 2 February 1931 |
Recommissioned | 1 April 1932 |
Decommissioned | 16 September 1938 |
Recommissioned | 25 September 1939 |
Reclassified | Miscellaneous auxiliary , AG-85, 1 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 29 November 1945 |
Stricken | 19 December 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 12 November 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 feet (9.4 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 130 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 5" 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Fox (DD-234/AG-85) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth ship named for Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War.
Construction and commissioning
Fox was launched 12 June 1919 by the
Service history
The ship was assigned to foreign service and, after fitting out, departed
Departing Constantinople for the United States on 8 July 1922, Fox arrived at Philadelphia on the 27th. After undergoing overhaul and engaging in exercises, the ship arrived at Norfolk, Virginia 28 September and was again fitted for duty in the Near East. She departed Norfolk 2 October 1922 and arrived at Constantinople on the 22nd. Here she engaged in communication and intelligence duty with the U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish waters until 18 July 1923, when she sailed for the United States via Naples and Gibraltar, arriving New York 11 August.[1]
During September and October 1923, Fox attached to the
Fox was placed in commission in rotating reserve at Philadelphia on 1 April 1932. On 18 June she was placed in full commission and assigned to Destroyer Division 1, Squadron 1,
World War II
Recommissioned 25 September 1939, Fox was assigned to the Atlantic Squadron and from 25 October performed escort and patrol duty along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean area until August 1940. Arriving Balboa, Canal Zone, 25 August she performed inshore patrol duty from this port until sailing for San Francisco, California, 25 October. Fox patrolled with the Local Defense Forces, 12th Naval District until departure 2 January 1941 for Seattle, Washington. She patrolled off the coast of Washington and Oregon with Local Defense Forces, 13th Naval District, until December 1941, except while under overhaul from March to June, and while assigned to temporary duty in the 12th Naval District from 20 August to 9 October.[1]
On 12 December 1941, Fox departed
From 21 May 1942 to 20 May 1943, Fox sailed as escort with 12 merchant ship convoys bound for various ports of Alaska, and was modernized at Seattle (3 July – 8 September). On her fourth cruise of this duty, she departed Seattle 22 September 1942 for Dutch Harbor and after screening a transport to Chernofski Bay, departed Dutch Harbor 28 October to escort a convoy of four Soviet submarines to San Francisco.[1]
On 25 May 1943, Fox departed Seattle for extended duty as patrol and escort vessel among the ports of Alaska, operating under orders of Commander,
On 15 April, the ship departed Seattle for San Diego, where she joined
Fox departed San Diego 22 September 1944, and arrived at the Puget Sound Navy Yard for conversion to a miscellaneous auxiliary on 26 September. She was re-classified AG-85 on 1 October. On 4 November, the ship proceeded to Seattle and, after engaging in scheduled exercises, on the 8th got underway for San Francisco. She arrived at
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- "USS FOX (DD-234 / AG-85)". Navsource.org.