STOCKTON DD 73

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.

Caldwell Class Destroyer
Keel Laid October 16 1916 - Launched August 17 1917


1. USS STOCKTON Destroyer No. 73
   Commissioned November 26 1917
   
   
2. USS STOCKTON DD-73
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 26 1922
   Recommissioned August 16 1940 - Decommissioned October 23 1940
   
   
3. HMS LUDLOW G-57 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain October 23 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   Stricken from Naval Register January 8 1941
   
   Broken up for scrap 1945

 

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Postmarks

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Robert Field Stockton (August 20 1795 – October 7 1866)
Stockton was a United States Naval Officer, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican-American War. Stockton was from a notable political family and also served as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey

 

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