Allied Warships

USS Simpson (DD 221)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantDD 221 
Built byWilliam Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Oct 1919 
Launched28 Apr 1920 
Commissioned3 Nov 1920 
End service29 Mar 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Reclassified as Auxiliary AG-97 on 25 May 1945
Decommissioned 29 March 1946
Stricken 19 June 1946
Sold 21 November 1946 and broken up for scrap.

 

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