Allied Warships

USS McFarland (AVD 14)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantAVD 14 
Built byNew York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down31 Jul 1918 
Launched30 Mar 1920 
Commissioned30 Sep 1920 
End service8 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Reclassified as Sea Plane Tender AVD-15 on 2 August 1940
Reclassified back to destroyer DD-237 on 1 December 1943
Decommissioned on 8 November 1945
Stricken on 19 December 1945
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 29 October 1946

 

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1Lt.Cdr. John Clement Alderman, USN< Jul 42???

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