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| Namesake: | Levi Woodbury |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco |
| Laid down: | 3 October 1918 |
| Launched: | 6 February 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 October 1923 |
| Struck: | 20 November 1923 |
| Fate: | sold, probably for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,308 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 4 ½ inches (95. Levi Woodbury ( December 22, 1789 September 4, 1851) was the first justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to have attended Bethlehem Steel Corporation Shipbuilding Division was created in 1905 when Bethlehem Steel Corporation acquired the San Francisco shipyard Union Iron Works Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco California, on the southeast waterfront was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full 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 ½ inches (9. 44 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 4 inches (2. 84 m) |
| Propulsion: | 26,500 shp (20 MW); geared turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm), 1 × 3" (76 mm), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 depth charge tracks |
The third USS Woodbury (DD-309) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of Length. It corresponds approximately to one minute of Latitude along any meridian. 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 She was named for Levi Woodbury. Levi Woodbury ( December 22, 1789 September 4, 1851) was the first justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to have attended
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History
Woodbury was laid down on 3 October 1918 at San Francisco, California, by the Union Iron Works plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 6 February 1919; sponsored by Miss Catherine Muhlenberg Chapin, the daughter of newspaper publisher W. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco California, on the southeast waterfront was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, Bethlehem Steel Corporation Shipbuilding Division was created in 1905 when Bethlehem Steel Corporation acquired the San Francisco shipyard Union Iron Works Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common W. Chapin; reclassified DD-309 on 17 July 1920; and commissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, on 20 October 1920, Lieutenant Commander Frank L. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINS was the first United States Navy Shipyard established on the Pacific Coast Vallejo (vəˈleɪoʊ or /vəˈleɪhoʊ/ in English /baˈjeho/ in the original Spanish) is the largest city in Solano County Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Lowe in command.
Woodbury departed San Francisco on 22 November and reached San Diego, her assigned home port, the following day. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Woodbury moored at the Reserve Docks, where she remained into 1921. The destroyer, like many of her numerous sisters begun during World War I, had entered service at a time when the post-war cutbacks in funds and personnel had seriously curtailed American peacetime naval operations. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Accordingly, she was placed in a "rotating reserve" established by the Navy to maintain a "force in readiness. " In operation, the system required that one-third of a given force remain pierside, maintained by only the minimum number of officers and men, while another third was to be half-manned as it remained berthed at a buoy in the harbor. The last third was fully manned and remained at buoys in the harbor but for periodic operations underway at sea.
Woodbury departed her mooring at the Reserve Docks on 1 February 1921 and, over the next few days, conducted torpedo practices and made a 30-knot speed run off the southern California coast. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. During that brief underway period, the destroyer conducted her operations during the day and returned to her mooring buoy in the evenings. She remained largely port-bound from March to May, but moved to San Pedro, California, on 14 June. San Pedro is a beach community within Los Angeles California, USA Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the There, her crew assisted in preservation and maintenance work on William Jones (DD-308) while she lay in drydock at the Los Angeles Ship Building and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro. History William Jones was laid down on 2 October 1918, at San Francisco California, by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Woodbury then underwent a drydocking herself for the application of anti-corrosive and antifouling paint to her bottom. Woodbury later returned to San Diego and, but for a run, via Los Angeles harbor, to Seattle, Washington, stayed there for the remainder of 1921.
Underway on the morning of 14 January 1922, Woodbury led Nicholas (DD-311), S. P. Lee (DD-310), and Young (DD-312) to sea. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. History Nicholas was laid down 11 January 1919 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco California; launched 1 History S P Lee was laid down on 31 December 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco California; launched History Young was laid down on 28 January 1919 at San Francisco California, by the Union Iron Works Plant of the Bethlehem She arrived off Goat Island, near San Francisco, at 0820 the following day and lay to, embarking passengers for transportation to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, before she resumed her cruise up the Pacific coast. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF is a United States Navy Shipyard covering 179 acres (0 Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The destroyer reached Puget Sound on the afternoon of the 18th, discharged her passengers, and soon commenced her scheduled overhaul.
Woodbury remained at Puget Sound through March 1922. She got underway for San Diego on 3 April but put into Port Angeles, Washington, when Nicholas developed a machinery casualty. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Port Angeles is a city in and the County seat of Clallam County, Washington, United States. Upon completion of Nicholas' repairs, Woodbury resumed her passage southward and reached San Diego on 8 April. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian
The destroyer lay at berth 35, San Diego harbor, into the summer, again as part of the inactive arm of the "rotating reserve. " From early July to late September, Woodbury provided essential maintenance and upkeep services to her sister ships in the decommissioned Destroyer Division 17 moored alongside. There were only two breaks in the ship's routine during that time: a tender upkeep period alongside Melville (AD-2) and her participation in the funeral of the late Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree, USN (Ret. Uriel Sebree (February 20 1848 – August 6 1922 was a career officer in the United States Navy. ), on 8 August, for which she sent a party ashore to form part of the naval escort for the casket. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
Woodbury got underway on 26 September 1922 and conducted gunnery exercises in company with Young and Nicholas. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. After another period of upkeep alongside Melville, the destroyer participated in an intensive slate of gunnery and torpedo drills. Then, late in October, she also performed torpedo recovery chores for the battleships Idaho (BB-42) and New Mexico (BB-40). A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were Operational history Prior to World War II 1915 – 1918 Construction New Mexico was laid down 14 October 1915 by the New York Navy Yard
After spending the remainder of 1922 in San Diego waters, Woodbury stood out of San Diego harbor on 6 February 1923, in company with Destroyer Squadrons 11 and 12 and the tender Melville, all ships bound for Mexico, and, ultimately, for Panama. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Arriving at Magdalena Bay on the 8th, Woodbury refueled from Kanawha (AO-1) before she pushed on for Panamanian waters on the 11th. Bahía Magdalena (Magdalena Bay is a 50 km long Bay along the western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. That afternoon, she rendezvoused with the dreadnoughts of Battleship Divisions 3, 4, and 5 and conducted exercises with them en route to Panama.
Over the ensuing weeks, Woodbury took part in the first of the Navy's large scale fleet maneuvers, Fleet Problem I. Fleet problem was the term by the US Navy to describe each of twenty one large-scale naval exercises conducted between 1923 and 1940 Held in the vicinity of the strategic Panama Canal Zone, Fleet Problem I was designed to ascertain the defensive condition of that waterway, to allow for the formulation of the "estimate of the situation," and to facilitate the study of war plans. The Panama Canal Zone (Zona del Canal de Panamá was a 553 square mile (1432 km² territory inside of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally Woodbury took part in the exercises as part of the "attacking" forces built around the Battle Fleet. The United States Battle Fleet or Battle Force was part of the organization of the United States Navy from 1922 to 1941 The opposing forces consisted of the Scouting Fleet, augmented by a division of battleships. The Scouting Fleet was part of the United States Fleet in the United States Navy, and renamed the Scouting Force in 1930
During one phase of the operation, while the ships lay anchored at Panama Bay, Henderson (AP-1) — bearing the Secretary of the Navy, Edwin C. Denby, and the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Robert E. Coontz - stood through the fleet. As USS Bountiful Henderson decommissioned 13 October 1943 for conversion to a hospital ship at General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Oakland The United States Secretary of the Navy ( SECNAV) is the Civilian head of the Department of the Navy. Edwin Denby ( February 18, 1870 &ndash February 8, 1929) was an American Lawyer and Politician who served as Organization of the CNO's Office The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations includes the Chief of Naval Operations the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the Deputy Chiefs Robert Edward Coontz ( 11 June 1864 - 26 January 1935) was an Admiral in the United States Navy, who sailed with the Later, Woodbury resumed her operations with the Battle Fleet — conducting gunnery drills, antisubmarine screening, protective screening for the battleships — and serving as a target for Battleship Division 4 during its long-range battle practices.
Returning to San Diego on 11 April, Woodbury remained there into the summer. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Departing her home port on 25 June, however, she sailed for the Pacific Northwest and reached Tacoma, Washington, via San Francisco, on 2 July. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival There, her landing force participated in the Independence Day parade at Tacoma.
Woodbury departed Tacoma on 9 July and reached Port Angeles the same day. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. For nearly two weeks, the destroyer operated out of that port, conducting exercises, tactical maneuvers, and short range battle practices. After that stint of operations, she shifted to Bellingham, Wash. , and, later, to Seattle.
Underway at 0405 on 27 July, Woodbury departed the fleet's anchorage off Admiralty Head, near Seattle, in company with Destroyer Divisions 32 and 33 to escort Henderson in which the President of the United States, Warren G. Harding, was embarked. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. 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 Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2 1865 August 2 1923 was the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack aged Woodbury consequently formed part of the presidential escort as the transport sailed through the fleet.
Once her duties in connection with the Presidential review were completed, Woodbury returned to the routine of exercises, acting as a target for the gunnery drills carried out by Battleship Division 4. She later conducted tactical exercises while screening the battleships of that division, before she put in to Lake Washington, via the Lake Washington Ship Canal, on 4 August. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. She remained there for a little over a week before she got underway on the 13th for Port Townsend. Port Townsend is a city in Jefferson County, Washington, United States.
After torpedo-firing and gunnery evolutions out of Port Townsend in company with William Jones, Woodbury got underway for Keyport, Washington, en route back to Seattle and Puget Sound. Keyport is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Reaching the navy yard on the 20th, she embarked the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (CinCUS), Admiral Robert E. Coontz, his staff, and a party of congressmen at 0840 on the 22nd. The United States Fleet was an organization in the United States Navy from 1922 until after World War II. Robert Edward Coontz ( 11 June 1864 - 26 January 1935) was an Admiral in the United States Navy, who sailed with the With the CinCUS' four-starred flag at her main, Woodbury cast off from Pier 5, Puget Sound Navy Yard, and sailed for Keyport. There, Admiral Coontz disembarked with his staff and the congressmen and inspected the naval torpedo station.
The admiral and his party then reembarked in the destroyer, and she returned them to the navy yard, where they left the ship at 1110. At noon, however, the CinCUS returned on board. Woodbury subsequently arrived at Seattle's Bell Street Dock at 1310 and disembarked the admiral. The next day, the destroyer carried Admiral Coontz to his flagship, the armored cruiser Seattle (CA-11). A cruiser is a large type of Warship, which had its prime period from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War. Service history Pre-war Washington was fitted out there until 1 November when she got underway for Hampton Roads, whence she departed Over the ensuing days, Woodbury also carried, as passengers, Rear Admiral William C. Cole, chief of staff for the CinCUS, and Rear Admiral Luther E. William Cole may refer to William Cole 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886 known as Viscount Cole William Cole (Puritan, Dean of Lincoln Gregory, CEC, the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. The Bureau of Yards and Docks was the branch of the United States Navy responsible from 1842 to 1966 for responsible for building and maintaining navy yards drydocks
After completing her tour in the waters off the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States, Woodbury departed Port Angeles and headed south. She conducted tactical maneuvers and exercises with battleships en route and stood into San Francisco Bay on 31 August. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne
Woodbury remained at San Francisco for a week. She got underway on the morning of 8 September 1923 with other destroyers of Squadron 11, bound for San Diego, and while skirting the coast over the ensuing hours, conducted tactical exercises and maneuvers. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In addition, the ships were making a 20-knot speed run.
Led by the leader, Delphy (DD-261), the squadron steamed into the worsening weather. History Delphy was launched 18 July 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs Later that evening, Delphy - basing her movements on an inaccurate navigational bearing - made a fateful turn, believing she was heading into the Santa Barbara Channel. The Santa Barbara Channel is that part of the Pacific Ocean which separates the Mainland of California from the northern Channel Islands. In fact, she was headed, as were all of the ships astern of her in follow-the-leader fashion, for jagged rock pinnacles and reefs off Point Arguello.
Shortly after 2105, tragedy struck Squadron 11's ships, one by one in the Honda Point Disaster. The Honda Point Disaster was the largest Peacetime loss of US Seven ships, led by Delphy and including Woodbury, ran hard aground. Some of the destroyers farther astern saw what was happening and managed to avoid disaster by quick-thinking seamanship.
Woodbury came to rest alongside a small island— later nicknamed "Woodbury Rock"—that she used as a permanent anchor. Volunteers took across four lines and rigged them across the gap of tumbling surf between the destroyer and the rock that would later bear her name. Meanwhile, although water was pouring into the forward boiler room and engine room spaces, Commander Louis P. Davis, the ship's commanding officer, ordered full speed astern. Ensign Horatio Ridout, the engineer officer, and his men worked to try to produce the horsepower necessary to get the ship out of her predicament but their efforts were brought to nought when all power failed, due to the flooding, at 2230.
As the floodwaters below engulfed and drowned out her power supply and it became impossible to move the ship, Cmdr. Davis turned to his reserve plan. While Woodbury settled astern, waves struck her with some force, causing her bow to rise and fall rythmically. The hawsers tenuously connecting the ship with "Woodbury Rock" stretched taut and then sagged with the movement of ship and sea. Nevertheless, one by one, Woodbury's crew clambered across the chasm, monkey-fashion, in a well-organized operation to abandon ship. Later, men from the stranded sister ship Fuller (DD-297) also reached "Woodbury Rock. History Fuller was launched 5 December 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco California; sponsored by Miss "
Ultimately, all of Woodbury's crew reached safety, some taken off to Percival (DD-298) by the fishing boat Bueno Amor de Roma, under the command of a Captain Noceti. History Percival was launched 5 December 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco California; sponsored The rough log entry for Woodbury, dated 9 September 1923, sums up the ship's status as of that date: "Woodbury on rocks off Point Arguello, California, abandoned by all hands and under supervision of a salvage party composed of men from various 11th squadron ships. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "
Fate
Officially placed out of commission on 26 October 1923, the ship was struck from the Navy list on 20 November of the same year. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, She was simultaneously ordered sold as a hulk, but a subsequent sale, on 6 February 1924 to a Santa Monica, California-based salvage firm, the Fryn Salvage Company, was never consummated. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yet another sale, to a Robert J. Smith of Oakland, California, is recorded as having been awarded on 19 October 1925, but whether or not the hulk was scrapped is not recorded. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full 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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