| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 152 |
| Built by | William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 2 May 1918 |
| Launched | 22 Oct 1918 |
| Commissioned | 30 Apr 1919 |
| End service | 2 May 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19 April 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Du Pont (DD 152)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Leroy Messmer, USN | 16 Oct 1939 | 10 Jul 1940 |
| 2 | Eugene Matthew Waldron, USN | 10 Jul 1940 | 17 Dec 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. Ernest William Longton, USN | 17 Dec 1941 | 6 Mar 1942 |
| 4 | Frank Marshall Adamson, USN | 6 Mar 1942 | 25 Jan 1943 |
| 5 | T/Cdr. James Gilbert Marshall, USN | 25 Jan 1943 | 17 Mar 1944 |
| 6 | William Henry Stewart, USNR | 17 Mar 1944 | 7 Oct 1944 |
| 7 | Richard Berrian Hadaway, USNR | 7 Oct 1944 | 1 Mar 1945 |
| 8 | Walter Herman Dietz, USNR | 1 Mar 1945 | 21 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Du Pont include:
15 Mar 1942
USS Du Pont picks up 26 survivors from the American merchant Ario that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-158 east of Cape Lookout in position 34°37'N, 76°20'W.
13 Dec 1943
German U-boat U-172 was sunk on 13 December 1943 in the mid-Atlantic after a 27 hour fight west of the Canary Islands, in position 26°29'N, 29°58'W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue and by some 200 depth charges from the US destroyers USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram and USS Du Pont.
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