USS SP Lee (DD-310)

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USS SP Lee (DD-310)
USS SP Lee
USS SP Lee
Ship data
flag United StatesUnited States (national flag) United States
Ship type destroyer
class Clemson class
Shipyard Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. , Union Iron Works , San Francisco
Keel laying December 31, 1918
Launch April 22, 1919
Commissioning October 30, 1920
Whereabouts Run aground in the ship disaster at Honda Point , then scrapped
Ship dimensions and crew
length
95.83 m ( Lüa )
94.5 m ( Lpp )
width 9.4 m
Draft Max. 3.0 m
displacement 1190  ts standard
1,308 t maximum
Machine system
machine 4 White-Forster boilers
2 Westinghouse - geared turbines
Machine
performance
27,000 PS (19,858 kW)
Top
speed
35 kn (65 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament

The USS SP Lee (DD-310) was a destroyer of the Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy . The ship was named after Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee . Laid down on December 31, 1918, the destroyer was launched on April 22, 1919 and was placed in service with the US Pacific Fleet on October 30, 1920 .
On September 8, 1923, the SP Lee ran aground in the ship disaster at Honda Point and was abandoned a day later; all crew members could be saved. The wreck was sold for scrapping.

The accident

The ships of the 11th Destroyer Squadron 11 / DESRON 11 under the leadership of the squadron commander , Captain Edward H. Watson, were en route from San Francisco to San Diego in California . The squadron consisted of 14 ships, all of which belonged to the Clemson class and were younger than five years. Watson was on the destroyer USS Delphy (DD-261) , which led the line.

At 9:00 p.m., the ships turned east on a course of 095 ° in order to head for the Santa Barbara Channel. The navigation was based on coupling . Although the Delphy had a radio direction finding device , this new technology was not trusted and the bearings were thought to be faulty. Sounding of the water depth was also dispensed with because it would have had to reduce the speed and because the ships were carrying out exercises under war conditions.

The other destroyers lost at Honda Point

Surname Shipyard Launch finished Final fate
Delphy (DD261) Bethlehem , Quincy 07/18/1918 11/30/1918 led the association, which drove in a line one behind the other. After changing course to the east, she ran aground at 20 knots. She immediately warned the other ships with her siren, which gave them an opportunity to react. Three men died on the Delphy .
Young (DD312) Union Iron Works , San Francisco May 1, 1919 11/23/1920 tore her hull on an underwater rock; the rapidly penetrating water caused her to capsize to starboard (right) in a few minutes . Twenty men were killed.
Woodbury  (DD309) Union Iron Works February 6, 1919 10/20/1920 dodged to starboard, but ran onto a rock in front of it.
Nicholas (DD311) Union Iron Works May 1, 1919 11/23/1920 also ran onto the rocks after a port turn.
Fuller (DD297) Union Iron Works December 5, 1918 02/28/1920 ran up next to Woodbury .
Chauncey (DD296) Union Iron Works 09/29/1918 06/25/1919 tried to save sailors who were sitting on the capsized Young . She ran aground herself and got lost.

literature

  • Anthony Preston, Randal Gray (eds.): Conway's All the World Fighting Ships 1906-1921 . Conway Maritime Press Ltd, London 1985, ISBN 0-85177-245-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html/d3/delphy.htm DANFS Info USS Delphy
  2. http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html/y1/young-i.htm DANFS Info USS Young
  3. http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html/w10/woodbury-iii.htm DANFS Info USS Woodbury
  4. http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html/n5/nicholas-i.htm DANFS Info USS Nicholas
  5. http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html/f5/fuller-i.htm DANFS Info USS Fuller
  6. http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html/c7/chauncey-ii.htm DANFS Info USS Chauncey