Allied Warships
USS Swasey (DD 273)
Destroyer of the Clemson class
Photo from City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-2735
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | DD 273 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (Squantum, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Aug 1918 |
| Launched | 7 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 8 Aug 1919 |
| End service | 26 Nov 1940 |
| History | Decommissioned on 10 June 1922 |
| Career notes | to Britain as HMS Rockingham (G 58) |
Commands listed for USS Swasey (DD 273)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Bruce Draper Kelley, USN | 18 Dec 1939 | 26 Nov 1940 |
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