Allied Warships

USS Whipple (DD 217)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantDD 217 
Built byWilliam Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Jun 1919 
Launched6 Nov 1919 
Commissioned23 Apr 1920 
End service9 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Reclassified as Auxiliary AG-117 on 30 June 1945
Decommissioned 9 November 1945
Stricken 5 December 1945
Sold and broken up for scrap on 30 September 1947 to the Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia.

 

Commands listed for USS Whipple (DD 217)

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CommanderFromTo
Vincent James Meola, USN
1Charles Stillman Weeks, USNDec 1940Feb 1941
2Lt.Cdr. Eugene Simon Karpe, USNFeb 1941Mar 1941

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