USS Conner (i) (DD 72)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Caldwell
Pennant	DD 72
Built by	William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	16 Oct 1916
Launched	21 Aug 1917
Commissioned	12 Jan 1918
End service	23 Oct 1940
History	USS Conner was placed into reserve at Philadelphia 4 October 1919 Transferred to Norfolk she was berthed there in reserve until May 1921 Recommissioned for fleet exercises with reduced complement and lay as reserve at Charleston from 13 October 1921 until 29 March 1922 when she was transferred to Philadelphia, where again placed in the reserve fleet and decommissioned on 21 June 1922. Recommissioned 23 August 1940. Decommissioned and handed over to Great Britain 23 October 1940 being renamed HMS Leeds Stricken 8 January 1941.
Career notes	To Great Britain as HMS Leeds

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Thomas Burrowes, USN	23 Aug 1940	23 Oct 1940

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