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| USS Buchanan off Balboa, Panama, May 18, 1936 | |
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| Laid down: | 29 June 1918 |
| Launched: | 2 January 1919 |
| Commissioned (USN): | 20 January 1919 |
| Decommissioned (USN): | 7 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned (USN): | 10 April 1930 |
| Decommissioned (USN): | 9 April 1937 |
| Recommissioned: | 30 September 1939 |
| Transferred: | 9 September 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F |
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USS Buchanan (DD-131), named for Franklin BuchananFranklin Buchanan ( 13 September 1800 11 May 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and became a midshipman in 1815, was promot, was a Wickes-classThe Wickes class destroyers were built as a result of 1916 Congressional funding to build a "fleet second to none". The basic requirement for the class was a possible speed of 35 knots. The 111 ships were built at Bath Iron Works, Bethlehem Steel Corporat destroyerThis article treats on the type of ship. For other things called destroyer , see Destroyer (disambiguation). USS Lassen (DDG-82), an Arleigh Burke class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship inte in the United States NavyThe United States Navy USN is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready re.
Buchanan was subsequently transfered to BritainThe word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK): i. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from 1927), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801- 1927) or the United Kingdom of Great Britain ( 1707- 1801). and served as HMS Campbeltown (I-42).
The first USS Buchanan (DD-131) was launched 2 January 1919 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Charles P. Wetherbee. The ship was commissioned 20 January 1919 with Lieutenant H. H. J. Bensen in command. Buchanan reported to Commander, Destroyer Force, at Guantanamo, Cuba, and was temporarily attached to Destroyer Squadron 2 until ordered to the Pacific Fleet in July 1919 for duty with Destroyer Flotilla 4. From 7 June 1922 until 10 April 1930 Buchanan was out of commission at San Diego. She then joined Destroyer Division 10, Destroyer Squadrons, Battle Force , and operated on the west coast in routine division, force, and fleet activities and problems. In the summer of 1934, after making a cruise to Alaska with ROTC units aboard, she was placed in reduced commission attached to Rotating Reserve Destroyer Squadron 20 at San Diego.
Again placed in full commission in December 1934, she resumed operations with Division 5, Destroyers, Battle Force. Buchanan was again out of commission at San Diego from 9 April 1937 until 30 September 1939 at which time she was refitted for action with Division 65, Destroyer Squadron 32, Atlantic Squadron , and from December 1939 until 22 February 1940 operated with the Neutrality Patrol and Antilles Detachment . She was then assigned to patrol in the Gulf of Mexico, operating out of Galveston, Texas and later off Key West and around the Florida Straits. She arrived at Boston Navy Yard 2 September and then proceeded to Halifax, where on 9 September 1940 she was decommissioned and transferred in the to the United Kingdom under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement.