FULLER DD 297

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Clemson Class Destroyer
Keel Laid July 4 1918 - Launched December 5 1918


1. USS FULLER DD-297
   Commissioned February 28 1920
   LOST (Wrecked) September 8 1923 at Point Honda CA
   Decommissioned October 26 1923
   
   Wreck sold October 19 1925

 

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Other Information

Wrecked at Honda Point, CA with six other Destroyers in multiple grounding...USS CHAUNCEY DD-296, USS WOODBURY DD-309,
USS DELPHY DD-261, USS NICHOLAS DD-311, USS S.P. LEE DD-310, and USS YOUNG DD-312

NAMESAKE - Captain Edward Canfield Fuller, USMC (September 4 1893 – June 12 1918).
Captain Fuller was killed in action in the Battle of Belleau Wood in France June 12 1918, while fearlessly exposing himself in an artillery barrage in order to get his men into a safer position. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by the US Army for his selfless sacrifice for his men.
Note: Capt. Fuller was the son of General Ben Hebard Fuller, 15th Commandant of the Marine Corps (1930-1934). USS FULLER AP-14/APA-7 named for General Fuller.

 

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