USS Buchanan (DD-131)
USS Buchanan (DD-131), named for Franklin Buchanan, was a Wickes-class 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 (I42). She was destroyed during the St. Nazaire Raid: at 1:34 on 28 March 1942, loaded with four tons of amatol explosive, the ship rammed the gates of the Forme Ecluse Louis Joubert dry dock. The ship exploded the following morning, ending the use of the dock for the rest of the war.
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USS Buchanan (DD-131)
USS Buchanan (DD-131), named for Franklin Buchanan, was a Wickes-class 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 (I42). She was destroyed during the St. Nazaire Raid: at 1:34 on 28 March 1942, loaded with four tons of amatol explosive, the ship rammed the gates of the Forme Ecluse Louis Joubert dry dock. The ship exploded the following morning, ending the use of the dock for the rest of the war.
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USS Buchanan (DD-131), named f ...... dock for the rest of the war.
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1919-01-20
1940-09-09
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1922-06-07
1937-04-09
1940-09-09
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1918-06-29
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9.57072e+1
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1930-04-10
1939-09-30
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1919-01-02
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Expended as demolition ship duringSt. Nazaire Raid. Destroyed 29 March 1942.
Transferred toUnited Kingdom9 September 1940
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* 4 × guns
* 1 × guns
* 2 × 3 torpedo tubes
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1919-01-20
1940-09-09
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United Kingdom
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United States
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Ship decommissioned
1922-06-07
1937-04-09
1940-09-09
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Transferred to United Kingdom 9 September 1940
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DD-131
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Pennant number I42
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Ship laid down
1918-06-29
Ship launched
1919-01-02
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HMS Campbeltown
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USS Buchanan
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* 4 × Normand return-flame boi ...... n geared turbines
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Ship recommissioned
1930-04-10
1939-09-30
Ship struck
1941-01-08
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