Squantum Victory Yard
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Squantum Victory Yard was a United States Naval Shipbuilding yard operational from the early 1900s to the 1920s in Quincy, Massachusetts
. It was then reused as a civil airport, and later Naval Air Station Squantum
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Quincy, Massachusetts
Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...
. It was then reused as a civil airport, and later Naval Air Station Squantum
Naval Air Station Squantum
Naval Air Station Squantum was an active naval aviation facility during 1917 and from 1923 until 1953. The original civilian airfield that preceded it, the Harvard Aviation Field, dates back to 1910. The base was sited on Squantum Point in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts...
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Ships Constructed
| Hull no. | Ship name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | Service notes |
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| DD261 | Delphy USS Delphy (DD-261) USS Delphy was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. Named for Richard Delphy, she was the flagship of the destroyer group involved in the Honda Point Disaster.-History:... |
Wrecked | in the Honda Point disaster Honda Point Disaster The Honda Point Disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships. On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while traveling at 20 knots , ran aground at Honda Point, a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the coast in Santa... 8 September 1923 |
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| DD262 | McDermut USS McDermut (DD-262) The first USS McDermut was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for David McDermut.... |
Sold | 1932 | ||
| DD263 | Laub USS Laub (DD-263) The first USS Laub was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Burwell during World War II... |
Transferred | to UK 1940 | ||
| DD264 | McLanahan USS McLanahan (DD-264) The first USS McLanahan was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Bradford during World War II.-As USS McLanahan:... |
Scrapped | 1946 | ||
| DD265 | Edwards USS Edwards (DD-265) USS Edwards was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Buxton and later in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.-As USS Edwards:... |
Struck | 1943 | ||
| DD266 | Greene USS Greene (DD-266) USS Greene was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Samuel Greene.... |
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in a typhoon, struck 1945 | ||
| DD267 | Ballard USS Ballard (DD-267) The second USS Ballard was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Edward J. Ballard.-History:... |
Sold | 1946 | ||
| DD268 | Shubrick USS Shubrick (DD-268) The third USS Shubrick was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy, where she served as HMS Ripley during World War II.-As USS Shubrick:... |
Scrapped | 1945 | ||
| DD269 | Bailey USS Bailey (DD-269) The second USS Bailey was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Reading during World War II.-As USS Bailey:... |
Scrapped | 1945 | ||
| DD270 | Thornton USS Thornton (DD-270) The second USS Thornton was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for James and Ryan Thornton, naval officers during the American Civil War.-History:... |
Abandoned | Donated to Ryukyu Islands 1957 | ||
| DD271 | Morris USS Morris (DD-271) The sixth USS Morris was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Charles Morris.-History:Morris was laid down 20 July 1918 by the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts; launched 12 April 1919; sponsored by Mrs. George E... |
Sold | 1936 | ||
| DD272 | Tingey USS Tingey (DD-272) The second USS Tingey was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Thomas Tingey.-History:... |
Scrapped | 1936 | ||
| DD273 | Swasey USS Swasey (DD-273) The first USS Swasey was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Rockingham .-USS Swasey:... |
Struck | 1941 | ||
| DD274 | Meade USS Meade (DD-274) The first USS Meade was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Ramsey .-As USS Meade:... |
Scrapped | 1947 | ||
| DD275 | Sinclair USS Sinclair (DD-275) USS Sinclair was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Captain Arthur Sinclair.-History:Sinclair was laid down on 15 October 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts; launched on 2 June 1919; sponsored by Mrs. George Barnett,... |
Scrapped | 1935 | ||
| DD276 | McCawley USS McCawley (DD-276) The first USS McCawley was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Colonel Charles McCawley.... |
Scrapped | 1931 | ||
| DD277 | Moody USS Moody (DD-277) USS Moody was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Justice William Henry Moody.-History:... |
Sold and sunk | Sold to MGM in 1931 for making of WWI film Hell Below Hell Below Hell Below is an MGM film set in the Adriatic during World War I about submarine warfare based on Commander Edward Ellsberg's novel Pigboats, starring Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Robert Young, Madge Evans, and Jimmy Durante.... . DD-277 was made up to look like an enemy (German) WWI destroyer and was sunk in 1933 by studio demolitions. |
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| DD278 | Henshaw USS Henshaw (DD-278) USS Henshaw was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Secretary of the Navy David Henshaw.... |
Sold | 1930 | ||
| DD279 | Meyer USS Meyer (DD-279) USS Meyer was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for George von Lengerke Meyer.-History:... |
Sold | 1932 | ||
| DD280 | Doyen USS Doyen (DD-280) USS Doyen was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Charles A. Doyen.-History:... |
Scrapped | 1930 | ||
| DD281 | Sharkey USS Sharkey (DD-281) USS Sharkey was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for William J. Sharkey.-History:... |
Sold for scrap | 1931 | ||
| DD282 | Toucey USS Toucey (DD-282) USS Toucey was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey.... |
Sold | 1931 | ||
| DD283 | Breck USS Breck (DD-283) USS Breck was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Joseph Berry Breck.-History:... |
Sold | 1931 | ||
| DD284 | Isherwood USS Isherwood (DD-284) USS Isherwood was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Isherwood.... |
Scrapped | 1934 | ||
| DD285 | Case USS Case (DD-285) USS Case was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Augustus Case.-History:... |
Sold | 1931 | ||
| DD286 | Lardner USS Lardner (DD-286) The first USS Lardner was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for James L... |
Sold for scrap | 1931 | ||
| DD287 | Putnam USS Putnam (DD-287) USS Putnam was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Charles Putnam.-History:... |
Scrapped | 1931 | ||
| DD288 | Worden USS Worden (DD-288) The second USS Worden was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for John Lorimer Worden.-History:... |
Sold for scrap | 1931 | ||
| DD289 | Flusser USS Flusser (DD-289) The third USS Flusser was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Charles W. Flusser.-History:... |
scrapped | 1930 | ||
| DD290 | Dale USS Dale (DD-290) The third USS Dale was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Richard Dale.-History:Dale was launched 19 November 1919 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. A. J. Peters; and commissioned 16 February 1920, Commander F. H... |
Sold | 1931 | ||
| DD291 | Converse USS Converse (DD-291) The first USS Converse was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for George A. Converse.-History:... |
Sold | 1931 | ||
| DD292 | Reid USS Reid (DD-292) The second USS Reid was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Samuel Chester Reid.-History:... |
Sold for scrap | 1931 | ||
| DD293 | Billingsley USS Billingsley (DD-293) USS Billingsley was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. The ship was named for William Billingsley, one of the first Navy pilots, Naval Aviator No... |
Sold | 1931 | ||
| DD294 | Charles Ausburn USS Charles Ausburn (DD-294) The first USS Charles Ausburn was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Charles Lawrence Ausburne.-History:... |
Sold for scrap | 1931 | ||
| DD295 | Osborne USS Osborne (DD-295) USS Osborne was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Weedon Osborne.-History:... |
Sold for scrap | 1931 | ||