USS McCalla (DD-253)
USS McCalla
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS McCalla |
Namesake | Bowman H. McCalla |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy |
Laid down | 25 September 1918 |
Launched | 18 February 1919 |
Commissioned | 19 May 1919 |
Decommissioned | 23 October 1940 |
Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
Identification | DD-253 |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Navy, 23 October 1940 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Stanley |
Commissioned | 23 October 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number: I73 |
Fate | Sunk by U-574, 19 December 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 120 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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The first USS McCalla (DD-253) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Stanley (I73) during World War II.
Service history
As USS McCalla
Named for Bowman H. McCalla, she was laid down 25 September 1918 and launched 18 February 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth McCalla Miller, daughter of Rear Admiral McCalla, and commissioned 19 May 1919.
McCalla remained in active status for less than 7 months. On 26 November 1919 she went into reserve at the Norfolk Navy Yard and decommissioned 30 June 1922. After war broke out in Europe, the destroyer recommissioned 18 December 1939 and prepared for turnover to Great Britain.
As HMS Stanley
She decommissioned and became a ship of the Royal Navy 23 October 1940 at
Ready for service by August, Stanley was assigned first to the Western Approaches Command and then to the 40th Escort Group. One of her first convoys took her to
On 19 December 1941, success ran out. Stanley, on station astern of the convoy, reported the presence of another U-boat. Half an hour later U-574 scored a direct hit; Stanley exploded and sank (38°12′N 17°23′W / 38.200°N 17.383°W) with the loss of all but 25 of her crew. Within 12 minutes, however, the sloop Stork responded and sank the submarine; 16 survivors were picked up.
Notes
- ^ Lenton&Colledge (1968) pp.92-94
References
- Lenton, H.T. and Colledge J.J. (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.