The Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States
United States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.... , September 2, 1940, transferred fifty destroyer
Destroyer
In navy terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a Naval fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers .... s from the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve.... in exchange for land rights on British possessions. The destroyers became the Town class
Town class destroyer
The Town class destroyers were warships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy in exchange for military bases in the Bahamas and elsewhere, as outlined in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between Britain and United States, signed on 2 September 1940.... .
Second World War started in September 1939. After the brief interlude of the Phony War
Phony War
The Phoney War, also called the Twilight War by Winston Churchill, der Sitzkrieg in German language , the Bore War and la dr?le de guerre was a phase in early World War II ? in the months following the Invasion of Poland in September 1939 and preceding the Battle of France in May 1940 ? that was marked by a la... , France
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... and the Low Countries
Low Countries
The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers.... were quickly overrun by the Nazi German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is "a headline word applied retrospectively to describe a military doctrine of an all-mechanized force concentration its attack on a small section of the enemy front then, once the latter is pierced, proceeding without regard to its flank." As British military historian Sir John Keegan has noted, it was an idea which owed its cre... in the Battle of France
Battle of France
In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the Germany invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed from 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War.... in May 1940.
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The Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States
United States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.... , September 2, 1940, transferred fifty destroyer
Destroyer
In navy terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a Naval fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers .... s from the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve.... in exchange for land rights on British possessions. The destroyers became the Town class
Town class destroyer
The Town class destroyers were warships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy in exchange for military bases in the Bahamas and elsewhere, as outlined in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between Britain and United States, signed on 2 September 1940.... .
Background
The Second World War started in September 1939. After the brief interlude of the Phony War
Phony War
The Phoney War, also called the Twilight War by Winston Churchill, der Sitzkrieg in German language , the Bore War and la dr?le de guerre was a phase in early World War II ? in the months following the Invasion of Poland in September 1939 and preceding the Battle of France in May 1940 ? that was marked by a la... , France
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... and the Low Countries
Low Countries
The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers.... were quickly overrun by the Nazi German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is "a headline word applied retrospectively to describe a military doctrine of an all-mechanized force concentration its attack on a small section of the enemy front then, once the latter is pierced, proceeding without regard to its flank." As British military historian Sir John Keegan has noted, it was an idea which owed its cre... in the Battle of France
Battle of France
In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the Germany invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed from 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War.... in May 1940. This left the United Kingdom and Empire
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.... fighting alone (or almost alone after the Italian attack on Greece that autumn) against Germany.
Although the United States government was sympathetic to Britain's plight, American public opinion at the time overwhelmingly supported isolationism
Isolationism
Isolationism is a foreign policy which combines a non-interventionism military policy and a political policy of economic nationalism . In other words, it asserts both of the following:... to avoid U.S. involvement in "another European war". Reflecting this sentiment, Congress had passed the Neutrality Act three years previously, which banned the shipment of arms from the U.S. to any combatant nation, unless paid for in cash. Additionally, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt , often referred to by his initials FDR, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.... was further constrained by the upcoming 1940 Presidential election, as his critics sought to portray him as being pro-war.
By late May, following the evacuation of British forces from Dunkirk, France, in Operation Dynamo
Operation Dynamo
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British, was the evacuation of Allied Forces from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between May 26 and June 4 1940, when British, French and Canadian troops were cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk in the World War II.... , the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s.... was in immediate need of ships, especially as they were now facing the Battle of the Atlantic in which German U-boats threatened Britain's supplies of food and other resources essential to the war effort.
With German troops advancing rapidly into France and many in the U.S. Government convinced that the defeat of France and Britain was imminent, the United States sent a proposal to the United Kingdom through the British Ambassador, the Marquess of Lothian
Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian
Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian Order of the Thistle Order of the Companions of Honour Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British politician and diplomat.... , for an American lease of airfields on Trinidad, Bermuda, and Newfoundland. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Territorial Decoration, Fellow of the Royal Society, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was a Politics of the United Kingdom known chiefly for his leadership of the United King... initially rejected the offer on May 27 unless Britain received something immediate in return. On June 1, as the defeat of France loomed, President Roosevelt bypassed the Neutrality Act by declaring as "surplus" many millions of rounds of American ammunition and guns, and authorizing their shipment to England. But Roosevelt rejected Churchill's pleas for destroyer
Destroyer
In navy terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a Naval fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers .... s for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s.... .
By August, while Britain and the Commonwealth stood alone against the Germany, the American Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy reported from London that a British surrender was "inevitable". Seeking to persuade Roosevelt to send the destroyers, Churchill warned Roosevelt ominously that if Britain were vanquished, its colonial islands close to American shores could become a direct threat to America if they fell into German hands.
The deal
Finally on September 2, 1940, as the Battle of Britain intensified and the Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1933 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956.... and Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts.... fought in the skies over England, United States Secretary of State
United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's United States Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in United States presidential line of succession and United States order of precedence.... , Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best-known as the longest-serving United States Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.... , signaled agreement to the transfer of the destroyers to the Royal Navy.
In exchange, the US was granted land in various British possessions for the establishment of naval or air bases, on ninety-nine-year rent-free leases, on:
Newfoundland and Labrador is a Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast in northeastern North America.... ).
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
Saint Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique.... ,
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and islands of Trinidad and Tobago which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago.... (Gulf of Paria
Gulf of Paria
The Gulf of Paria is a 7800 km2 shallow inland sea between the island of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela. This sheltered body of water is considered to be one of the best natural harbours on the Atlantic coast of the Americas.... )
British Guiana was the name of the United Kingdom colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana.The area was originally settled by the Netherlands as the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice.... (present day Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America.... ) within fifty miles of Georgetown
Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown, estimated population 230,000 , is the Capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at .... .
The agreement also stipulated Britain's acceptance of the US proposal for air and naval bases rights in:
The Great Sound is a body of water shaped by the islands of Bermuda. It dominates the southwest of the island chain, and forms a natural harbour.... and Castle Harbour
Castle Harbour, Bermuda
Castle Harbour is a large natural harbour in Bermuda. It is located between the northeastern end of the main island and St. David's Island, Bermuda.... , Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1350 kilometres south of Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada....
South and eastern coasts of Newfoundland
The US accepted the "generous action… to enhance the national security of the United States" and immediately transferred in return fifty U.S. Navy destroyer
Destroyer
In navy terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a Naval fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers .... s "generally referred to as the twelve hundred-ton type" (also known in references as the "flush-deck" destroyers, or the "four-pipers" after their four funnels). Forty-three destroyers initially went to the British Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s.... and seven to the Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three Canadian services were unified to form the Canadian Forces. The modern Canadian navy is known as Canadian Forces Maritime Command .... . In the Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states.... navies the ships were re-named after towns, and were therefore known as the Town class
Town class destroyer
The Town class destroyers were warships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy in exchange for military bases in the Bahamas and elsewhere, as outlined in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between Britain and United States, signed on 2 September 1940.... , although they had originally belonged to three ship class
Ship class
A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design. This is distinct from a ship-type, which might reflect a similarity of tonnage or intended use.... es (the Caldwell-class
Caldwell class destroyer
The Caldwell class of destroyers served in the United States Navy near the end of World War I.Built in 1917 and 1918, the 6 ships of the Caldwell class were flush-decked to remove the fo'c'sle break weakness of the preceding Tucker class destroyer.... , the Wickes-class
Wickes class destroyer
The Wickes-class destroyers were United States destroyers built to create "a fleet second to none". The basic requirement for the class was a possible speed of 35 knot .... , and Clemson-class
Clemson class destroyer
The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers which served with the United States Navy from after World War I through World War II.The Clemson class ships were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922, built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, William Cramp and Sons, Bethlehem Stee... ). Before the end of the war, nine others also served with the Royal Canadian Navy.
Five of the Town class destroyers were manned by crews of the Royal Norwegian Navy
Royal Norwegian Navy
The Royal Norway Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for navy operations. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 3 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 6 corvettes, 14 patrol boats, 4 Minesweeper , 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support vessels and 2 training vessels.... , with the survivors later returned to the British Royal Navy. HMS Campbeltown
HMS Campbeltown (I42)
HMS Campbeltown was a Town class destroyer destroyer of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was originally an United States destroyer, the USS Buchanan , but like many other obsolete US Navy destroyers, she was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement.... was manned by Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands.... sailors before her assignment to ram the drydock gates and sacrifice herself in the St. Nazaire Raid
St. Nazaire Raid
The St. Nazaire Raid was a successful United Kingdom seaborne attack on the heavily defended docks of Saint-Nazaire in occupied France on the night of March 28 1942 during World War II.... . Nine other destroyers were eventually transferred to the Soviet Navy
Soviet Navy
The Soviet Navy was the naval part of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have been instrumental in any perceived Warsaw Pact role in an all-out war with NATO when it would have to stop the naval convoys bringing reinforcements over the Atlantic to the Western European theatre.... .
Six of the 50 destroyers were lost when torpedoed by U-boat
U-boat
U-boat is the anglicized#Loanwords version of the German language word , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II.... s, and three others, including the Campbeltown, were destroyed in other circumstances.
Antigua is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda.... , British West Indies
British West Indies
The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which have been or were at one time colony by the United Kingdom....
V.C. Bird International Airport is located on the island of Antigua, eight kilometres northeast of St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda.... (closed 1949)
British Guiana was the name of the United Kingdom colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana.The area was originally settled by the Netherlands as the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice....
Cheddi Jagan International Airport is the national airport of Guyana. Cheddi Jagan is located on the right bank of the Demerara River, 41 kilometres south of Guyana's capital, Georgetown, Guyana.... ) (closed 1949)
Suddie is a community in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic Ocean coast at , 1 mile north of Onderneeming.Suddie Hospital is a small hospital.... .
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
Vernam Air Force Base is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield located in in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica.... ) (closed 1949)
A Naval Air Station (Little Goat Island) and a Naval facility at Port Royal
Port Royal
Port Royal, Jamaica was the centre of shipping commerce in the islands of the Greater Antilles which make up the northeastern part of the outer ring of islands defining and enclosing the Caribbean Sea....
Saint Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique.... , British West Indies
British West Indies
The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which have been or were at one time colony by the United Kingdom....
Hewanorra International Airport , near Vieux Fort Quarter, Saint Lucia, in the Caribbean, is the larger of the country's two airports and is managed by the Saint Lucia Air and Seaports Authority .... ) (closed 1949)
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1350 kilometres south of Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada....
Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay , is a Canadian Forces Base located in the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.... (turned over to Canadian Forces, July 1976)
Stephenville Army Airfield (later AFB)
Ernest Harmon Air Force Base
Ernest Harmon Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. The base was built by the United States Army Air Forces in 1941 under the Destroyers for Bases deal with the United Kingdom.... (closed December 1966)
McAndrew Airfield (later AFB) (transferred to U.S. Navy, 1955)
Naval Station Argentia is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941-1994. It was established in the community of Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador in what was then the Dominion of Newfoundland, which would later become the tenth Canada province ...
Multiple Marine and Army Bases and detachments in support of the above.
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and islands of Trinidad and Tobago which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago.... , British West Indies
British West Indies
The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which have been or were at one time colony by the United Kingdom....
Waller Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II air base located in northeastern Trinidad. It is located about 5 miles southwest of Valencia, Trinidad and Tobago south of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway.... (closed 1949)
Carlsen Army Airfield (later AFB)
Carlsen Air Force Base
Carlsen Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II airbase on Trinidad, consisting of two landing strips, "Edinburgh" and "Xerxes".... (closed 1949)
A Naval Operating Base, a Naval Air Station, blimp
Blimp
Blimp can refer to* a Blimp as opposed to a rigid airship * a slang term for a person considered to be conservative due to ignorance, after the cartoon character Colonel Blimp... base, and a radio station
The ships
No
Name
Class
Service History
01
USS Conway (DD-70)
Caldwell
To Britain. Renamed HMS Lewes. Scuttled on October 12 1945
The first USS Wickes was the lead ship of Wickes class destroyer of destroyers in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Montgomery....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Montgomery. Broken up in 1945
The first USS Philip was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Lancaster....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Lancaster. Broken up in 1947
The first USS Evans was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Mansfield....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Mansfield. Broken up in 1945
USS Sigourney was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was the first ship named for James Sigourney....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Newport. Broken up in 1947
USS Ringgold was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as a Town class destroyer named HMS Newark....
USS Fairfax was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond, as a Town class destroyer....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Richmond. To Russia in 1944. Renamed Jivodchyi. Broken up in 1949
The second USS Williams was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St....
Wickes
To Canada. Renamed HMCS St. Clair. Foundered in 1946
USS Buchanan, named for Franklin Buchanan, was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy.Buchanan was transferred to the United Kingdom under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement in 1940 and served as HMS Campbeltown....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Campbeltown. Destroyed in the St. Nazaire Raid
St. Nazaire Raid
The St. Nazaire Raid was a successful United Kingdom seaborne attack on the heavily defended docks of Saint-Nazaire in occupied France on the night of March 28 1942 during World War II.... on March 28 1942
The first ship named USS Aaron Ward in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the service of the United States Navy....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Castieton. Broken up in 1947
The first USS Hale was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Caldwell....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Caldwell. Broken up in 1944
USS Crowninshield was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy between World War I and World War II. She was named for Benjamin Williams Crowninshield....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Chelsea. To Russia in 1944. Renamed Derskyi. Broken up in 1949
USS Claxton , named for Thomas Claxton, was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy.The ship was launched 14 January 1919 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Salisbury. Broken up in 1944
The first USS Yarnall was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Lincoln, and subsequently to the Soviet Navy as Druzhny....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Lincoln. To Canada in 1942. Renamed HMCS Lincoln. To Russia in 1944. Broken up in 1952.
The first USS Thatcher was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy, later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Niagara....
Wickes
To Canada. Renamed HMCS Niagara. Broken up on 1946
The first USS Cowell was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Brighton, and later to the Soviet Navy as Zharkiy....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Brighton. To Russia in 1944. Renamed Jarkyi. Returned to Britain in 1949 and broken up.
USS Maddox was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Georgetown and then to the Soviet Navy as Doblestny ....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Georgetown. To Russia in 1944. Renamed Doblesnyi. Broken up in 1949
The second USS Foote was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Roxborough and later to the Soviet Navy as Zhostkyi....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Roxborough. To Russia in 1944. Renamed Zhostkyi. Returned to Britain in 1949 and broken up in 1952
The first USS Kalk was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Hamilton and then into the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Hamilton....
Wickes
To Canada. Renamed HMCS Hamilton. Broken up in 1945
USS MacKenzie was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I, later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Annapolis destroyer....
Wickes
To Canada. Renamed HMCS Annapolis. Broken up in 1945
The first USS Hopewell was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Bath, a Town class destroyer....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Bath. Sunk on August 19 1941 by U-204
The first USS Thomas was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS St Albans, as a Town class destroyer, but spent most of the war in the exiled Norwegian navy, before transferred to the Soviet Navy as Dostoyny....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS St. Albans. To Russia in 1944. Renamed Dostoiny. Broken up in 1949
The first USS Haraden was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Columbia, as a Town class destroyer....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Columbia. Broken up in 1945
The first USS Abbot was a Wickes class destroyer destroyer in the service of the United States Navy until traded to United Kingdom at the beginning of World War II....
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS Charlestown. Broken up in 1947
30
USS Doran (DD-185)
Wickes
To Britain. Renamed HMS St. Marys. Broken up in 1945
USS Satterlee was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Belmont....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Belmont. Sunk by U-82 on January 31 1942
USS Mason was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Broadwater....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Broadwater. Sunk by U-101 on October 18 1941
USS Abel P. Upshur was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the service of the United States Navy until traded to United Kingdom at the beginning of World War II where she served as HMS Clare....
USS Hunt was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the United States Coast Guard, as USCGD Hunt....
Clemson
To Canada. Renamed HMCS Broadway. Broken up in 1947
USS Welborn C. Wood was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She served with the United States Coast Guard as USCGD Wood....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Chesterfield. Broken up in 1947
USS Branch was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Beverley to serve during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Beverley. Sunk by U-188 on April 11 1943
The first USS McCook was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy. She transferred to the Royal Navy and then to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St....
Clemson
To Canada. Renamed HMCS St. Croix. Sunk by U-952 on September 20 1943
The first USS McCalla was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy. She transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Stanley during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Stanley. Sunk by U-574 on December 18 1941
The third USS Rodgers was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy, transferred to the Royal Navy and served as HMS Sherwood during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Sherwood. Sunk as target in 1945
The second USS Bancroft was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy, and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, where she served as HMCS St....
Clemson
To Canada. Renamed HMCS St. Francis. Foundered in 1945 while en route to scrap yard.
The first USS Welles was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy, and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Cameron during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Cameron. Damaged beyond repair in air raid at Portsmouth on December 5 1940
The second USS Aulick was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Burnham during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Burnham. Broken up in 1947
The first USS Laub was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Burwell during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Burwell. Broken up in 1947
The first USS McLanahan was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Bradford during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Bradford. Broken up in 1946
USS Edwards was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Buxton and later in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Buxton. To Canada in 1943. Renamed HMCS Buxton. Broken up in 1946
The third USS Shubrick was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy, where she served as HMS Ripley during World War II....
The second USS Bailey was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Reading during World War II....
Clemson
To Britain. Renamed HMS Reading. Broken up in 1945
Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, Republic of China, Free France and other Allies of World War II with vast amounts of materiel between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland and Labrador, Bermuda, and the British W... , a successor agreement loosely modeled on the Destroyers for Bases Agreement.
The Northeast Air Command was a short-lived organization in the United States Air Force tasked with the operation and defense of air bases in Greenland and Labrador.... for airfields in Newfoundland
Newfoundland
Newfoundland ? ? is a large Canadian island off the east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Provinces and territories of Canada of Newfoundland and Labrador.... and Labrador
Labrador
Labrador is a region of Atlantic Canada. Together with the island of Newfoundland from which it is separated by the Strait of Belle Isle, it constitutes the province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
