| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 151 |
| Built by | William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 22 Apr 1918 |
| Launched | 3 Oct 1918 |
| Commissioned | 22 Apr 1919 |
| End service | 5 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania on 20 June 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Biddle (DD 151)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Alfred G. Zimmerman, USN | ??? | ??? | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Theodore Adolf Torgerson, USN | Oct 1942 | Oct 1943 | |
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Noteable events involving Biddle include:
22 Feb 1942
USS Biddle picks up 34 survivors of the American tanker Cities Service Empire that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-128 about 25 nautical miles north of Bethel Shoals off the Florida coast in position 28º25'N, 80º02'W.
13 Apr 1942
USS Biddle picks up 37 survivors of the American tanker Esso Boston that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-130 about 300 nautical miles north-east of St.Martins in position 21º42'N, 60º00'W.
23 Jun 1942
USS Biddle picks up 36 survivors of the American tanker E.J. Sadler that was shelled and finally sunk with scuttling charges the previous day by the German submarine U-159 about 175 nautical miles south of the Windward Passage in position 15º36'N, 67º52'W.
8 Nov 1942
USS Biddle picks up 14 survivors from the American merchant Nathaniel Hawthorne that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-508 about 40 nautical miles north-east of Isla de Margarita in position 11º34'N, 63º26'W.
13 Mar 1943
USS Biddle picks up 52 survivors of the American tanker Cities Service Missouri that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-68 about 200 nautical miles north-west of Curaçao in position 14º50'N, 71º46'W.