Town Class Destroyers of the Soviet Navy - USS Twiggs, USS Thomas, USS Yarnall, USS Fairfax, USS Herndon, USS Crowninshield, USS Maddox (Paperback)

Chapters: Uss Twiggs, Uss Thomas, Uss Yarnall, Uss Fairfax, Uss Herndon, Uss Crowninshield, Uss Maddox, Uss Foote, Uss Cowell, Soviet Destroyer Dzerki, Soviet Destroyer Doblestnyi, Soviet Destroyer Dejatelny, Soviet Destroyer Dostoinyi, Soviet Destroyer Zhivuchi, Soviet Destroyer Druzhny, Soviet Destroyer Zhguchi, Soviet Destroyer Zharki, Soviet Destroyer Zhostki. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 94. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The first USS Twiggs (DD127) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was named for Major Levi Twiggs. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy, as HMS Leamington and to the Soviet Navy as Zhguchiy. Twiggs was laid down on 23 January 1918 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 28 September 1918; sponsored by Miss Lillie S. Getchell, the granddaughter of Major Twiggs; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 28 July 1919, Comdr. Isaac C. Johnson, Jr., in command. Following shakedown, the destroyer joined Division 16, Squadron 4, Pacific Fleet, late in October 1919 and operated out of San Diego, California, on training cruises through the spring of 1922. While performing this duty, Twiggs was classified DD-127 on 17 July 1920 during the Navy-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers. A combination of factorsincreased operating costs, manpower shortages, and the general anti-military climate which followed World War Iresulted in a reduction of the Navy's active Fleet. Accordingly, Twiggs was decommissioned at San Diego on 24 June 1922. After almost eight years of inactivity, Twiggs was placed in commission again on 20 February 1930 at San Diego, Lt. Comdr. Thomas S. King II in command. She became flagship of Destroyer Division (DesDiv) 14 and conducted operation...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=107336