Destroyer of the Wickes class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 142 |
| Built by | William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 31 Dec, 1917 |
| Launched | 28 May, 1918 |
| Commissioned | 27 Nov, 1918 |
| End service | 20 Jul, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Decommissioned at San Diego, California on 8 June 1922
Recommissioned on 29 May 1930
Decommissioned in late 1936 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recommissioned on 4 October 1939
Decommissioned at Philadelphia on 20 July 1945
Stricken 13 August 1945
Sold 30 November 1945 and broken up for scrap. |
| Noteable events involving Tarbell include: 26 Mar, 1942
USS Tarbell picks up 22 survivors of the American tanker Dixie Arrow that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-71 12 nautical miles off the Diamond Shoals Lighted Buoy in postition 34º55'N, 75º02'W. 15 May, 1942
USS Tarbell picks up 25 survivors of the American merchant Lammot Du Pont that was torpedoed and sunk on 23 April 1942 by the German submarine U-125 500 nautical miles south-east of Bermuda in postition 27º10'N, 57º10'W. Three of these survivors later died in hospital. 4 Jun, 1942
USS Tarbell picks up 30 survivors of the American tanker M.F. Elliott that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-502 about 150 nautical miles north-west of Trinidad in position 12º04'N, 63º49'W. |
