USS Simpson (DD-221)
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 United States
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| Namesake: | Edward Simpson |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Laid down: | 9 October 1919 |
| Launched: | 28 April 1920 |
| Commissioned: | 3 November 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 March 1946 |
| Struck: | 19 June 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 21 November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 1⁄2 in (95.82 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 11 1⁄2 in (9.436 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 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 Simpson (DD-221/APD-27/AG-97) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Rear Admiral Edward Simpson.
Simpson was laid down on 9 October 1919 by William Cramp and Sons; launched on 28 April 1920; sponsored by Miss Caroline Sterett Simpson, daughter of Rear Admiral Simpson; and commissioned on 3 November 1920, Lieutenant Commander P.T. Berry in command.
Simpson conducted training exercises with the Pacific Fleet during her first year of service, including a cruise to Valparaíso, Chile. She then transited the Panama Canal on 12 December 1921, and after overhaul at Philadelphia, she sailed from Newport, Rhode Island, for the Mediterranean on 6 June 1922. Between 29 June 1922 and 26 February 1924, Simpson served as a unit of the United States Naval Detachment in Turkish waters under Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, protecting American interests during the unrest in the Near East following World War I. Simpson was involved in protecting United States citizens, and aiding the work of the American Relief Association in the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean. After a tour of ports in the western Mediterranean and the English Channel, Simpson departed Southampton, England, on 1 July 1924 for overhaul at Norfolk, Virginia. She then underwent training in the Caribbean and on the west coast before crossing the Pacific for duty with the Asiatic Fleet.
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