USS Hale (DD-133)
 USS Hale at Venice, Italy in 1919
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Hale |
| Namesake | Eugene Hale |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 7 October 1918 |
| Launched | 29 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 12 June 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 22 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 9 April 1937 |
| Recommissioned | 30 September 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 9 September 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification | DD-133 |
| Fate | Transferred to UK, 9 September 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Caldwell |
| Acquired | 9 September 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number:I20 |
| Fate | Scrapped, September 1944 |
| Notes | In Royal Canadian Navy service mid-1942 to 1 December 1943 |
| Canada | |
| Name | Caldwell |
| Acquired | mid-1942 |
| Fate | Returned to United Kingdom, 1 December 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,090 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 113 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Hale (DD–133) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Caldwell (I20). She was named for Senator Eugene Hale.
Construction and career
Hale was
Boston
on 12 June 1919.
Hale joined Destroyer Squadron 3,
decommissioned
at Philadelphia on 22 June 1922 and remained in reserve until 1 May 1930, when she re-commissioned.
Departing Philadelphia on 15 May, Hale took part in refresher training operations and then resumed readiness exercises on the East Coast. She participated in
Battle Force along the California coast and spent much time perfecting the techniques of modern aircraft carrier tactics with carriers Saratoga and Lexington
. The destroyer decommissioned once more at San Diego on 9 April 1937.
Hale recommissioned at San Diego on 30 September 1939, at a time of mounting crisis in both oceans, and departed on 25 November for
Halifax 6 September 1940 and decommissioned 3 days later. Entering the Royal Navy
, she became HMS Caldwell (I20).
During her career in the British Navy, HMS Caldwell was assigned to escort duty in the Atlantic and later in the Caribbean, as Britain tried desperately to cope with the German
St. John's, Newfoundland, 18 December 1942, was seriously damaged during a heavy gale. She became disabled, and was found drifting helplessly by Wanderer 21 December. Caldwell was then towed to St. John's and later to Boston. Ready for sea again in May 1943, the ship resumed convoy duty with the Royal Canadian Navy until 1 December, when she returned to Tyne
and was placed in reserve. She was broken up for scrap in September 1944.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
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