USS Bernadou (DD-153)
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| Namesake: | John Bernadou |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Cost: | $1,448,315.46 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down: | 4 June 1918 |
| Launched: | 7 November 1918 |
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| Struck: | 13 August 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 30 November 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,154 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft (2.74 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Bernadou (DD–153) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commander John Bernadou.
Bernadou was launched 7 November 1918 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Cora Winslow Bernadou, Commander Bernadou's sister; and commissioned 19 May 1919, Lieutenant Commander L. G. Farley in command.
Following a cruise to Europe during the summer of 1919, Bernadou joined Division 19, Atlantic Fleet, and cruised along the east coast until placed out of commission at Philadelphia Navy Yard 1 July 1922. She joined Squadron 7, Scouting Force, after recommissioning 1 May 1930. Out of service September 1936-October 1939, she then rejoined the fleet for service with Destroyer Division 6, Atlantic Squadron, on Neutrality Patrol.
She helped convoy the Marines to Iceland (1 July 1941 – 7 July 1941) and, except for one crossing to Britain, remained on the Newfoundland-Iceland convoy run until the fall of 1942. On 25 October 1942 she departed Norfolk, Virginia to take part in the invasion of North Africa (8–11 November). She won a Presidential Unit Citation for landing assault troops inside the harbor of Safi, French Morocco.
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