Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Wickes |
Pennant | DD 145 |
Built by | William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Comp |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 24 Feb 1918 |
Launched | 1 Aug 1918 |
Commissioned | 31 Dec 1918 |
End service | 19 Jul 1945 |
History | Decommissioned at San Diego, California on 22 June 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Greer (DD 145)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | John Joseph Mahoney, USN | 4 Oct 1939 | 4 Mar 1940 |
2 | William Kilian Romoser, USN | 4 Mar 1940 | 10 Jun 1940 |
3 | Cdr. Carl Wright Brewington, USN | 10 Jun 1940 | 12 Dec 1940 |
4 | Lt.Cdr. Forrest Close, USN | 12 Dec 1940 | 8 Sep 1941 |
5 | Lt.Cdr. Lawrence Hugh Frost, USN | 8 Sep 1941 | 20 Jun 1942 |
6 | T/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Henry Copeman, USN | 20 Jun 1942 | 25 Apr 1943 |
7 | Merle David Cooper, USNR | 25 May 1943 | 25 Dec 1943 |
8 | John Chapman Jolly, USN | 25 Dec 1943 | 1 Jan 1945 |
9 | J. P. Field, Jr., USNR | 1 Jan 1945 | 19 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Greer include:
4 Sep 1941
On 4 September 1941, USS Greer had been signalled by a British bomber, that a German U-boat was hiding in the vicinity. Greer found sound contact, and started to pursue the U-boat U-652 from close range. The aircraft dropped 4 depth charges, and left the scene, leaving the two fighting ships. Soon after the U-boat fired a torpedo at the US warship, perhaps believing she dropped the four bombs. After this USS Greer went into attack, and a 2 hour battle followed, during which she dropped 19 depth charges, and the U-boat fired another torpedo, without results. President Roosevelt used this event in his campaign to convince the US to go to war, and the "undeclared war" between U-boats and US escorts escalated dramatically. (1)
1 Mar 1942
USS Greer picks up 13 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Equipoise that was torpedoed and sunk on 27 February 1942 about 60 miles south-east of Cape Henry in position 36°36'N, 74°45'W by German U-boat U-160.
23 Apr 1942
USS Greer picks up 24 survivors from the American merchant Robin Hood that was torpedoed and sunk on 16 April 1942 by German U-boat U-575 about 300 nautical miles south-east of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts in position 38°45'N, 66°45'W.
23 Mar 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. J.P. Angell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Greer, HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Dauphin (T/Lt. M.H. Wallace, RCNR). (2)
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Sources
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- ADM 173/17792
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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