- USS McDermut (DD-262)
The first USS "McDermut" (DD-262) was a "Clemson"-class
destroyer in theUnited States Navy followingWorld War I . She was named forDavid McDermut ."McDermut" was laid down
20 April 1918 byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation ,Squantum, Massachusetts ; launched6 August 1918 ; sponsored by Mrs. Eugene G. Grace; and commissioned27 March 1919 , Commander Chester L. Hand in command.Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, "McDermut" departed
Boston, Massachusetts 28 May for Brest,France . She returned to the east coast24 July only to sail for the west coast in the fall, arriving atSan Diego, California the day before Christmas. During the next 8 and a half years, with few exceptions, she operated in the eastern Pacific, steaming along the coast fromPanama toCanada , and among theHawaiian Islands .In 1924, she had a small part in the silent film, "The Navigator", starring Buster Keaton and Kathryn McGuire.
Fate
In 1924 and 1927 she transited the
Panama Canal for abbreviated duties in theCaribbean andGulf of Mexico and in 1925 took part in a good will visit toSamoa ,Australia , andNew Zealand . On22 March 1927 "McDermut", returning from a cruise to Panama, arrived at the San Diego Destroyer Base, where she decommissioned22 May 1929 . Struck from the Naval Register11 November 1931 , she was scrapped and sold,25 February 1932 , in accordance with the terms of the London Treaty for Naval Disarmament.References
External links
*http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/262.htm
* [http://www.harvard-diggins.org/Burbank/Julsen_Scrap_Books/Book_2/print_Mare_Island.htm "Mare Island Navy Yard"] - 1928.Elbridge Ayer Burbank pencil sketch.
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