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• The first USS Somers was a schooner that fought under Commodore Ferry on Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and took part in the capture of the British Squadron on 10 September 1813.
• The second USS Somers was a brig launched by the New York Navy Yard on 16 April 1842 and commissioned on 12 May 1842, Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie in command.
• The third USS Somers was US Torpedo Boat 22, built in Germany in 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes and purchased during the War of 1898. Her service until 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus was principally with the Maryland and Illinois Naval Militias and on coastal patrol during World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of.
• The fourth USS Somers (DD-301)The fourth USS Somers (DD-301) was a Clemson-class destroyer engaged in peacetime operations with the Pacific Fleet from 1920 until she was scrapped under the London Disarmament Treaty in 1930. In 1923, while enroute from Puget Sound to San Diego, her squ was a Clemson-class destroyerClemson class destroyers were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922, built by various shipyards. The Clemson class was a redesign of the Wickes class. 156 ships were produced, some with alarming speed. Many were decommissioned in 1930. engaged in peacetime operations with the Pacific Fleet from 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu until she was scrapped under the London Disarmament Treaty in 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 G.
• The fifth USS Somers (DD-381)The fifth USS Somers (DD-381) was the lead ship of the Somers-class destroyers. She was built at Federal, Kearny and commissioned 1 December 1937. Though active for only eight years she acquired an enviable record. In 1938 she transported a consignment of was the lead ship of the Somers-class destroyers . She was built at Federal, Kearny and commissioned 1 December 1937.
• The sixth USS Somers (DDG-34, ex-DD-947) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer when her keel was laid down at the Bath Iron Works on 4 March 1958, she was launched on 30 May, and commissioned on 3 April 1959.