Allied Warships

USS Du Pont (DD 152)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

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 Recommisioned 15 August 1934 Decommissioned 14 January 1937 Recommissioned 16 October 1939 Converted for target towing and reclassified as AG-80 on 25 September 1944 Decommissioned 2 May 1946 Sold for scrap 12 March 1946.

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	Lt.Cdr. Eugene Matthew Waldron, USN	10 Jul 1940	17 Dec 1941
3	Lt. Ernest William Longton, USN	17 Dec 1941	6 Mar 1942
4	T/Lt.Cdr. 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	Lt. Walter Herman Dietz, Jr., 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.

19 Mar 1942

Convoy AS 2.

This convoy departed Charleston, South Carolina, USA on 19 March 1942.

The convoy was made up of the following (troop) transports; Agwileon (American, 6678 GRT, built 1907), Brazil (American, 20614 GRT, built 1929) and Mormactide (American, 7773 GRT, built 1941).

They were escorted by the heavy cruiser HMS Devonshire (Capt. R.D. Oliver, DSC, RN), escort carrier HMS Archer (Cdr. J.I. Robertson, RN) and the destroyers USS Upshur (Lt.Cdr. W.K. Romoser, USN), USS Du Pont (T/Lt.Cdr. F.M. Adamson, USN) and USS Cole (Lt.Cdr. W.L. Dyer, USN).

Around 0800Q/20, the destroyer USS Du Pont was detached to return to Charlestown.

Around 1200Q/22, HMS Devonshire was detached to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands where she arrived later the same day.

The convoy arrived at San Juan, Puerto Rico later the same day.

At 0900Q/23, the Agwileon departed San Juan for St. Thomas where she arrived later the same day to fuel. She was escorted by USS Cole.

Around 0630Q/24, the Brazil, Mormactide and HMS Archer departed San Juan. They were joined off the harbour entrance by USS Upshur who first had conducted an A/S sweep of the harbour prior to the departure of the convoy.

Around 1400Q/24, the Agwileon, HMS Devonshire and USS Cole joined the convoy coming from St. Thomas.

Around 0900P/25, the troopship Monterey (American, 148017 GRT, built 1932) and USS Du Pont joined the convoy. They had departed Charleston around 1900Q/21.

Around 0645P/26, USS Du Pont was detached from the convoy. She was to proceed to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Around 0400P/27, USS Upshur was detached from the convoy. She was to proceed to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Around 0600P/28, USS Cole was detached to proceed to Bermuda.

Around 1500N/1, the corvettes FFS Commandant Detroyat and HMS Hydrangea (A/Lt.Cdr. J.E. Woolfenden, RNR) joined.

Around 1400N/2, HMS Devonshire parted company with the convoy to proceed ahead of it to Freetown where she arrived around 0600Z/3.

The convoy arrived around 1430Z/3. (1)

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.