| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 145 |
| Built by | William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Comp |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Feb 1918 |
| Launched | 1 Aug 1918 |
| Commissioned | 31 Dec 1918 |
| End service | 19 Jul 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned at San Diego, California on 22 June 1922 See also this website for more on USS Greer (offsite link). |
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Noteable events involving Greer include:
4 Sep 1941
On 4 September 1941, USS Greer had been signaled by a British bomber, that a German submarine was hiding in the vicinity. Greer found sound contact, and started to pursue the U-boat U-652 from close range. The aircraft dropped 4 depth charges, and left the scene, leaving the two fighting ships. Soon after the U-boat fired a torpedo at the US warship, perhaps believing she dropped the four bombs. After this USS Greer went into attack, and a 2 hour battle followed, during which she dropped 19 depth charges, and the U-boat fired another torpedo, without results. President Roosevelt used this event in his campaign to convince the US to go to war, and the "undeclared war" between U-boats and US escorts escaleted dramatically.
1 Mar 1942
USS Greer picks up 13 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Equipoise thaty was torpedoed and sunk on 27 February 1942 about 60 miles south-east of Cape Henry in position 36º36'N, 74º45'W by the German submarine U-160.
23 Apr 1942
USS Greer picks up 24 survivors from the American merchant Robin Hood that was torpedoed and sunk on 16 April 1942 by the German submarine U-575 about 300 nautical miles south-east of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts in position 38º45'N, 66º45'W.