USS Pillsbury (DD-227)
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USS Pillsbury (DD-227) circa in 1930.
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| Name: | USS Pillsbury |
| Namesake: | John E. Pillsbury |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia |
| Laid down: | 23 October 1919 |
| Launched: | 3 August 1920 |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1920 |
| Honours and awards: |
2 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sunk in battle, 2 March 1942 |
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| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,190 long tons (1,209 t) |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 8 in (9.35 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement: | 116 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Pillsbury (DD-227) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for John E. Pillsbury.
Pillsbury was laid down by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia on 23 October 1919; launched on 3 August 1920, sponsored by Miss Helen Langdon Richardson; and commissioned on 15 December 1920, Lieutenant H. W. Barnes in command.
Pillsbury served for many years with the Asiatic Fleet. During that service she was involved in the 1927 Nanjing incident as part of a U.S. Navy flotilla helping protect American lives and property. On 27 November 1941, by order of the Commander Asiatic Fleet, Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Pillsbury departed from Manila under the command of Lt. Commander Harold C. Pound, together with other units of the fleet. When the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, she was operating in the vicinity of Borneo, and had done so for some time.
After the war commenced, Pillsbury, together with United States, Dutch and Australian naval vessels, operated out of Balikpapan on reconnaissance sorties and on anti-submarine patrols. Later she moved to Surabaya, Java, and from there made night patrols with cruisers Houston (CA-30) and Marblehead (CL-12) and destroyers of Division 58, including the Battle of Badoeng Strait on 4 February 1942.
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