USS Warrington (DD-383)
USS Warrington
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| Name: | USS Warrinton |
| Namesake: | Lewis Warrington |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down: | 10 October 1935 |
| Launched: | 15 May 1937 |
| Commissioned: | 9 February 1938 |
| Struck: | 23 September 1944 |
| Fate: | Sank in a hurricane off the Bahamas on 13 September 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Somers-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 381 ft (116 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 11 in (11.25 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power: | 52,000 shp (39,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 39 kn (45 mph; 72 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,500 nmi (8,600 mi; 13,900 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 294 |
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USS Warrington (DD-383) — a Somers-class destroyer — was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lewis Warrington, who was an officer in the Navy during the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. He also temporarily served as the Secretary of the Navy.
The second Warrington was laid down on 10 October 1935 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; launched on 15 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Katherine Taft Chubb; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 9 February 1938, Commander Leighton Wood in command.
After several years of service in the Pacific theater during World War II, Warrington was sunk by the 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane off the Bahamas on 13 September 1944.
Following a shakedown cruise to the West Indies in April–May, the destroyer returned to New York City on 24 May, underwent post-shakedown availability, and then conducted tactical training off Cape Cod and the Virginia Capes. She also participated in maneuvers with the boats of Submarine Division 4 (SubDiv 4) in waters near New London. In October, she headed south for refresher training in Cuban waters.
On 4 December, the warship headed north to Newport, Rhode Island, where she became a unit of DesDiv 17, DesRon 9. Warrington operated along the East Coast and made a cruise to the Caribbean in a task group built around the aircraft carriers Enterprise and Yorktown to participate in Fleet Problem XX.
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