USS MacLeish (DD-220)
MacLeish with other destroyers alongside USS Melville, 1932
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| Namesake: | Kenneth MacLeish |
| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons |
| Laid down: | 19 August 1919 |
| Launched: | 18 December 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 2 August 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 March 1938 |
| Recommissioned: | 25 September 1939 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 March 1946 |
| Reclassified: | Miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-87), 5 January 1945 |
| Struck: | 13 November 1946 |
| Fate: | sold for scrap 18 December 1946 |
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| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,190 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet 9 inches (9.68 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) |
| Speed: | 35.5 knots (66 km/h) |
| Complement: | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) TT. |
USS MacLeish (DD-220/AG-87) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Kenneth MacLeish.
MacLeish was laid down 19 August and launched 18 December 1919 from William Cramp & Sons; sponsored by Miss Ishbel MacLeish, sister of Lieutenant Kenneth MacLeish; and commissioned 2 August 1920, Lieutenant Commander F. T. Berry in command.
After brief duty with the Pacific Fleet, MacLeish sailed 5 June 1922 from Philadelphia to join the U.S. Naval Forces in Turkish waters. Until June 1924, she operated in the Black Sea and in the eastern Mediterranean, protecting American interests and assisting in the evacuation of refugees. In October 1922 members of her crew participated in the landings at Smyrna, Turkey. Joining the Scouting Fleet in 1924, the destroyer visited various ports in Europe before returning to the United States in July.
Shortly after arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, MacLeish departed for west coast duty. On 7 May 1925 she sailed for the Asiatic Fleet, arriving at Shanghai 21 June. Operating between ports in China and the Philippines, the destroyer patrolled and trained while protecting American interests. In 1925, while on this station, members of her crew joined a force which landed at Shanghai during the civil disorder following shooting of Chinese students by municipal police. MacLeish remained in Asiatic and Pacific waters until 11 March 1938, when she was decommissioned and entered the Reserve Fleet at San Diego, California.
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