USS Sigourney (DD-81)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Sigourney |
| Namesake | James Butler Sigourney |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 25 August 1917 |
| Launched | 16 December 1917 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 23 August 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 26 November 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 26 November 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Newport |
| Acquired | 26 November 1940 (from U.S. Navy) |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: G54 |
| Fate | Transferred to Norway March 1941 |
| Acquired | June 1942 (from Norway) |
| Decommissioned | January 1945 |
| Fate | Scrapped 18 February 1947 |
 Norway | |
| Name | HNoMS Newport |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | March 1941 (from Royal Navy) |
| Identification | Pennant number: G54 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom June 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,191 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.822 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 4+1⁄4 in (9.252 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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USS Sigourney (DD–81) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for James Butler Sigourney.
Construction and commissioning
Sigourney was
Service history
On 27 May, Sigourney sailed from the United States escorting a troopship to France. On arrival at Brest, she was assigned to Commander Naval Forces, France; and, for the remainder of World War I, she escorted convoys through the submarine danger zone extending approximately 500 miles west of Brest. During most of her convoys, Sigourney was the flagship of the screen commander but did not herself have any confirmed submarine contacts.
After the
Sigourney was recommissioned at Philadelphia on 23 August 1940 and sailed to
After engine repairs in England, as HNoMS Newport, she operated on convoy duty as a unit of the
Notes
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photos Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- NavSource Photos
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