Allied Warships

USS Breckinridge (DD 148)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	DD 148
Built by	William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	11 Mar 1918
Launched	17 Aug 1918
Commissioned	27 Feb 1919
End service	30 Nov 1945
History	Decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 30 June 1922 Recommissioned 18 March 1930 Decommissioned in September 1936 Recommissioned September 1939 Reclassified as AG-112 on 30 June 1945 Decommissioned on 30 November 1945 Stricken 19 December 1945 Sold 31 October 1946 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Breckinridge (DD 148)

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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Fred Durrel Kirtland, USN	4 Oct 1939	18 Dec 1940
2	Lt.Cdr. John Daniel Hayes, USN	18 Dec 1940	15 Oct 1941
3	Lt. Carl Malcolm Dalton, USN	15 Oct 1941	28 May 1942
4	Lt. Frank Robert Arnold, USN	28 May 1942	18 May 1944
5	William J. van Meter, Jr., USN	18 May 1944	1 Jul 1945
6	Lt. George C Cunningham, Jr., USNR	1 Jul 1945	30 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Breckinridge include:

23 Apr 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Breckinridge (Lt.Cdr. W.J. van Meter, USN) and USS Barney (Lt.Cdr. E.R. Mecleary, USNR).

24 Apr 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises in Long Island Sound together with USS Breckinridge (Lt.Cdr. W.J. van Meter, USN) and USS Barney (Lt.Cdr. E.R. Mecleary, USNR).