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| Namesake: | Thomas Truxtun |
| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons |
| Laid down: | 11 November 1919 |
| Launched: | 2 September 1920 |
| Commissioned: | 30 December 1920 |
| Fate: | ran aground and sank, 18 February 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 4 1/2 inches (95. For the ships named after Truxtun see USS Truxtun Thomas Truxtun (or Truxton) ( February 17, 1755 - William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia was founded in 1825 by William Cramp and was the preeminent U Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History Fourteen ships of the class were involved in the Honda Point Disaster in 1923 of which seven were lost In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy 82 m) |
| Beam: | 30 feet 11 1/2 inches (9. 44 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 9 3/4 inches (2. 99 m) |
| Propulsion: | 26,500 shp (20 MW); geared turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4" (102 mm), 1 x 3" (76 mm), 12 x 21" (533 mm) tt. |
The third USS Truxtun (DD-229) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. History Fourteen ships of the class were involved in the Honda Point Disaster in 1923 of which seven were lost In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including She was named for Thomas Truxtun. For the ships named after Truxtun see USS Truxtun Thomas Truxtun (or Truxton) ( February 17, 1755 -
Truxtun was laid down on 3 December 1919 and launched on 28 September 1920 from William Cramp & Sons; sponsored by Miss Isabelle Truxtun Brumby; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 16 February 1921, Lieutenant Commander Melville S. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia was founded in 1825 by William Cramp and was the preeminent U The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, formerly Navy Yard, was the first Naval shipyard of the United States. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Brown in command.
Upon commissioning, Truxtun completed shakedown and began duty along the east coast with the Atlantic Fleet as a unit of Division 39, Destroyer Squadron 3. The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFLTFORCOM of the United States Navy is the part of the Navy responsible for operations in and around the Atlantic Ocean. She operated with that unit along the Atlantic seaboard until the fall when she was reassigned to Division 43, Squadron 15. During the winter of 1921 and 1922, the destroyer joined the fleet in maneuvers and exercises near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Guantánamo Bay ( Spanish Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the south-eastern end of Cuba The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
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Asiatic Fleet
In March 1922, Division 43 returned north to Newport, Rhode Island, to prepare for service in the Asiatic Fleet. Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km south of Providence The Asiatic Fleet was part of the US Navy. During the World War II era the fleet protected the Philippines. On 22 June 1922, Truxtun departed Newport and proceeded, via the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, and the Indian Ocean, to the Far East which she reached in mid-August. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface The Far East is a term often used by people in the Western world to refer to the countries of East Asia. By early September, she and several sister destroyers of Division 43 joined the main elements of the Asiatic Fleet off Chefoo on the northern coast of China. Administration The Prefecture-level city of Yantai administers 12 county-level divisions, including 4 districts, 7 county-level cities China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Late in October, the fleet headed south to its winter base at Manila in the Philippines, from whence it conducted exercises until the following spring. The City of Manila The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
Truxtun served with the Asiatic Fleet for the next 10 years. During that decade, she alternated summer cruises in Chinese waters with winter maneuvers in the Philippines. This routine was punctuated by special unusual assignments. For instance, in June 1924, she and the other five destroyers of Division 43 helped to form a chain of picket ships across the Yellow Sea for the Army's global flight. The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a Marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. More often, however, internecine warfare in China brought Truxtun to the coast of that troubled nation to protect American lives and property. She spent a total of eight out of the 13 months between September 1926 and October 1927 patrolling the Yangtze River while competing factions in China fought one another - and occasionally otherwise neutral third parties. The destroyer returned to the Yangtze River Patrol twice more - from 1 March to 14 April 1930 and from January through March 1932 - when internal political convulsions in China threatened foreign lives and property. The Yangtze Patrol, part of the US Navy 's Asiatic Squadron, existed under various names between 1854 and 1941 Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
On 18 April 1932, Truxtun departed Manila and the Asiatic Fleet to join the destroyers attached to the Battle Force. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Battle Fleet or Battle Force was part of the organization of the United States Navy from 1922 to 1941 After stops at Guam, Midway, and Hawaii, she reached Mare Island Navy Yard on 13 May. Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated Midway Atoll (or Midway Island or Midway Islands; Hawaiian: Pihemanu Kauihelani) is a 2 The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINS was the first United States Navy Shipyard established on the Pacific Coast Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. For the next seven years, she cruised the Pacific, as far north as Alaska and as far south as the Panama Canal, participating in maneuvers with capital ships of the Battle Force. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the Only once, in 1934, did she leave the Pacific. On 9 April, she cleared San Diego and transited the Panama Canal. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) After calling at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Truxtun steamed north to New York City, arriving on 31 May. PortAuPrinceTapTapjpg|right|thumb|270px|A taptap (shared taxi in central Port-au-Prince Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: The City of New York Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Following that visit, she cruised the eastern seaboard. On 15 September, the destroyer stood out of Hampton Roads, retransited the canal, and returned to San Diego on 9 November to resume operations with the Battle Force. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the region of land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the USA. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all
Atlantic Squadron
On 27 April 1939, Truxtun steamed out of San Diego and headed for the canal once more. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She reached Norfolk, Virginia on 15 May and joined Destroyer Division 27, Atlantic Squadron. Norfolk is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the The destroyer cruised the east coast of the United States while war clouds gathered in Europe. Soon after the outbreak of war in September, Truxtun began enforcing the provisions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proclamation of American neutrality by Neutrality patrols and escort duty off the Atlantic coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 began hostilities in Europe and President Franklin D The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world In late May and early June 1940, the warship made a voyage to Casablanca in French North Africa and then resumed neutrality patrols off Florida and in the Caribbean. Casablanca (in Standard Arabic: الدار البيضاء ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ; Moroccan Arabic: dar beïda الدار البيضا France was a dominant empire in the world from the 1600s to the late 1960s possessing many colonies in various locations around the world Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
Following repairs at Norfolk in December 1940 and January 1941, Truxtun cleared Hampton Roads on 6 February. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio The next day, she reached Newport, Rhode Island, where she joined Destroyer Division 63, Squadron 31. Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km south of Providence Between late February and mid-March, she made two voyages to Halifax, Nova Scotia, returning to the United States at the Washington Navy Yard on both occasions. The City of Halifax (est 1841 is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's The Washington Navy Yard is the former Shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Washington D On 15 March, the destroyer returned to Newport and resumed patrols and exercises. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, For the remainder of her career, Truxtun patrolled the North Atlantic sea lanes and escorted convoys from New England and Canadian ports – via NS Argentia, Newfoundland – to Reykjavík, Iceland. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Naval Station Argentia is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941-1994 The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British dominion from 1907 (before which the territory had the status of a British colony to 1949 For the Greater Reykjavík Area see the Greater Reykjavík Area. Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland (
Shipwreck
On Christmas Day 1941, Truxtun departed Boston, Massachusetts in the screen of Convoy HX-168. She arrived at Reykjavík on 13 January 1942 and, six days later, headed back to Argentia with Convoy ON-57. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At 0415 on 18 February while acting as escort to the general stores issue ship USS Pollux (AKS-2) in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Truxtun ran aground between the outport communities of Lawn and St. Lawrence, near Chambers Cove. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy General stores issue ship is a type of ship used by the US Navy during World War II and for some time afterwards Placentia Bay is a body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British dominion from 1907 (before which the territory had the status of a British colony to 1949 For wider usage of the term outport see Outport. An outport is the term given for a small isolated coastal community in the Lawn, population approximately 800 As of 2004, is located at the tip of the Burin Peninsula on Newfoundland 's St Lawrence is located on the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland. She broke up almost immediately after grounding and, in spite of the heroic efforts of the local populace, lost 110 members of her crew to the elements. Pollux was also wrecked with 93 fatalities, and USS Wilkes also grounded, but made way with no fatalities. History Initial operations Wilkes was ready for sea on 1 June 1941 and then conducted shakedown training off the New England
Her name was struck from the Navy list on 25 March 1942. The Naval Vessel Register ( NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships ( DANFS for short is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every Ship ever used The entry can be found here.
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