DELPHY DD 261

Ship Name and Designation History

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Clemson Class Destroyer Keel Laid April 20 1918 - Launched July 18 1918 USS DELPHY DD-261 Commissioned November 30 1918 LOST (Wrecked) September 8 1923 on Honda Pt. CA 3 of her crew were lost and remain on duty Wreck sold October 29 1925

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Other Information

Wrecked at Honda Point, CA with six other Destroyers in multiple grounding...USS CHAUNCEY DD-296, USS FULLER DD-297,
USS NICHOLAS DD-311, USS S.P. LEE DD-310, USS WOODBURY DD-309, and USS YOUNG DD-312

NAMESAKE - Richard Delphy
Delphy was appointed Midshipman May 18 1809 and served with distinction in UNITED STATES during the engagement with HMS MACEDONIAN October 25 1812. He was killed in the action in which ARGUS, with most of her rigging shot away; surrendered to the HMS PELICAN just as the crew of the PELICAN was about to board the ARGUS on August 14 1813

 

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