| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 157 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 May 1918 |
| Launched | 12 Mar 1919 |
| Commissioned | 3 Sep 1919 |
| Lost | 4 Apr 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 25 June 1922 Recommissioned 1 May 1930 Converted to High Speed Transport APD-21 on 21 August 1943 USS Dickerson (Lt.Cdr. Ralph Emerson Lounsbury,Jr. USNR) was irreparably damaged by Japanese Kamikaze Attack off Okinawa 2 April 1945. 51 of the crew were killed including the Commanding officer Lounsbury and the survivors were rescued by the USS Bunch/Herbert though 26 were wounded. However after being towed by USS Arikara to Kerama Retto she was scuttled after being decommissioned on the 04th April,1945. |
Commands listed for USS Dickerson (DD 157)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Ralph Emerson Lounsbury, Jr., USNR | 1 Jan 1945 | 2 Apr 1945 (+) |
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Noteable events involving Dickerson include:
18 Mar 1942
USS Dickerson picks up 14 survivors from the American tanker E.M. Clark that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 about 22 nautical miles south-west of the Diamond Shoals Lighted Buoy in position 34º50'N, 75º35'W.