Warrington (DD 843) - Naval Cruise Book

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UW je first WARRINGTON CDDSOD was ado boat destroyer built by the William i and Sons Ship and Engine Building my, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her vas laid June 21, 1909, and she was ed June 18, 1910, under the sponser- mf Mrs. Richard Hatton, great grand- er of Commodore Lewis Warrington, WARRINGTON had a length overall R feet 11 inches, was designed for a num speed of 29.5 knots, and held a ament of 4 officers and 85 men. Her 11 armament was five 3-inch guns, .30 caliber machine guns, and six 18- orpedo tubes in three twin mounts. 1S placed in commission at the Phil- ia Navy Yard on March 20, 1911, nant Walter M. Hunt, USN, in com- She proceeded to the torpedo station vport, Rhode Island, where she joined .antic Torpedo Fleet for duty involving tg exercises with the combined US c fleet in waters off Cuba and in the Sod Bay area. WARRINGTON cleared -ston Harbor, South Carolina on Dec- 27, 1911, bound for Norfolk at 15 n company with the 8th and 9th Destroy- fisions. As she neared the Virginia a schooner, never identified, knlfed the darkness, shearing off thirty feet RRINGTON'S stern. Totally disabled fy seas, WARRINGTON anchored about les off Cape I-lattaras Light. During 'enoon of the 28th all attempts to pass line from destroyers, STERETT, E and PERKINS failed, and the crip- hip showed a desire to present its o the sea. A steadying sail was rigged n the after stacks but this was not ul enough to keep WARRINGTON in nd. The U,S, Revenue Cutter CON- EA arrived on the scene at about 1:00 eventually taking WARRINGTON in tow rfolk. She was placed in reserve for 5 in the Norfolk Navy Yard until Dec- 2, 1912, then was assigned, for the ive years, to the Torpedo Flotilla 3 eastern seaboard cruises from New- nd Boston. WARRINGTON took up patrol vport at the outbreak of World War I, aared Boston on May 21, 1917, bound y of Newfoundland for Queenstown, l, basing her patrol and escort duties ocean approaches to the British Isles. :ervice continued until November 29, Dn May 30, 1918, WARRINGTON left oy off the French coast in answer to a s call from the U,S, troop transport DENT LINCOLN. From twelve boats, ik aboard 312 survivors, then entered Harbor and transferred the survivors transport GREAT NORTHERN. She .ed escort duties out of Brest for the ,der of the war, and joined in the night light display in that harbor, the night amber 11, 1918, celebrating the .Ar- e.She then proceeded to the Philadelphia Iard, where she remained until de- ssioned on January 31, 1920. WAR- DN remained in the yard until sold 'apping on July 13, 1935, in accord- ith the terms of the London Treaty al disarmament. 27