Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | PG-64 |
Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
Laid down | 14 Nov 1939 |
Launched | 6 Apr 1940 |
Commissioned | 2 May 1942 |
End service | 20 Aug 1945 |
History | Ordered for French Navy but served in the Royal Navy as HMS Hibiscus. |
Former name | HMS Hibiscus |
Commands listed for USS Spry (PG-64)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Maxim William Firth, USN | 2 May 1942 | ??? (1) |
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Notable events involving Spry include:
25 May 1942
HMS H 28 (Lt. J.S. Bridger, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Spry (Lt. M.W. Firth, USN), HMS Orchis (Lt. A.D. White, RNR), HNoMS Narvik and HMS Banff (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Evans, RN). (2)
26 May 1942
HMS H 28 (Lt. J.S. Bridger, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Spry (Lt. M.W. Firth, USN), HMS Orchis (Lt. A.D. White, RNR), HMS Banff (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Evans, RN) and HMS Piroutte (T/Lt. E.R. Pate, RNR). (2)
29 May 1942
HMS H 28 (Lt. J.S. Bridger, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Daneman (T/Lt. G.O.T.D. Henderson, RNVR), HMS Highlander (Cdr. S. Boucher, RN), HMS Asphodel (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) K.W. Stewart, RN), USS Spry (Lt. M.W. Firth, USN) and HMS Pennyworth (T/Lt. R.A. Mason, RNVR). (2)
13 Feb 1943
HMS H 28 (Lt. K.H. Martin, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Spry (Lt. M.W. Firth, USN) and HMS Rother (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC and Bar, RD, RNR). (3)
28 Apr 1945
USS R-1 (Lt. W.A. Schoenfeld, USN) conducted A/S exercises off Casco Bay, Maine together with USS Spry (Lt. H.R. Snavely, USNR) and USCGC Comanche (Lt. J.W. Hume, USCGR).
Sources
- http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s16/spry.htm
- ADM 173/17201
- ADM 173/17755
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.