- USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156)
USS "J. Fred Talbott" (DD-156), named for
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (1843 -1918 ), Representative from Maryland Second District from1879 to1885 , from1893 to1895 and again from1903 to1918 , was a "Wickes"-classdestroyer .History
"Talbott" was laid down by the William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company at
Philadelphia inPennsylvania on8 July 1918 , launched on14 December 1918 by Mrs. Robert L. Bates, niece of Representative Talbott and commissioned on30 June 1919 , CommanderT. G. Ellyson in command.The new destroyer departed
Newport, Rhode Island 10 July for the Mediterranean, where she acted as a station ship at various ports providing an element of stability inEurope during the first troubled months of postwar adjustment and reconstruction. Upon her return to the United States21 June 1920 , the ship took part inNeutrality Patrol duty on the East Coast and engaged in fleet exercises before decommissioning at Philadelphia18 January 1923 ."J. Fred Talbott" recommissioned
1 May 1930 , LtC. H. Cobb in command, and immediately began shakedown training in Delaware Bay. For the 10 years that followed, the ship operated along the Atlantic coast and in theCaribbean engaging in antisubmarine training; fleet operations; and carrying out the many far-ranging duties of the United States fleet. She also helped to train reserves and midshipmen.With the outbreak of the war in Europe and America's initial effort to protect its shipping while remaining neutral, "J. Fred Talbott" was assigned patrol duties in the waters off the Atlantic entrance to the
Panama Canal . Following America's entry into the war with the surpriseattack on Pearl Harbor , the ship took up convoy escort duties betweenNew Orleans ,Cuba , and the Canal, helping to protect the sea lanes and to move the vast amounts of men and materiel needed for victory.Following an overhaul in Boston in January 1944, "J. Fred Talbott" sailed
13 February with her first transatlantic convoy, and, after her safe return fromCasablanca , took up escort duties with convoys fromIceland southward into the Caribbean. Later in the year, after arrival15 September , she was converted at New York and reclassified AG-8125 September 1944 . The ship arrivedPort Everglades, Florida ,1 November to act as a target ship for torpedo bombers, continuing this important training service until the war's end."J. Fred Talbott" was decommissioned at
Boston on21 May 1946 , stricken from theNaval Vessel Register on19 June 1946 and sold for scrap to the Boston Metals Corporation ofBaltimore inMaryland on22 December 1946 .ee also
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List of United States Navy destroyers References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j1/j_fred_talbott.htm
External links
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/156.htm NavSource.org DD-156]
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