- USS McCawley (DD-276)
The first USS "McCawley" (DD-276) was a "Clemson"-class
destroyer in theUnited States Navy followingWorld War I . She was named for ColonelCharles McCawley ."McCawley" was laid down
5 November 1918 by theBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation ,Quincy, Massachusetts ; launched14 June 1919 ; sponsored by Miss Eleanor Laurie McCawley, granddaughter of Colonel McCawley; and commissioned22 September 1919 , Lieutenant (junior grade) H. E. Haynes, in command.Following an east coast fitting out and shakedown period, "McCawley" sailed for
San Diego, California where she joined Destroyer Squadron 2, later DesRon 4, Pacific Fleet. She participated in local exercises off the west coast until she decommissioned at San Diego7 June 1922 .On
27 September 1923 , "McCawley" recommissioned and was again assigned to the Pacific Fleet. For the next 6 years she operated there, taking part in various fleet problems in addition to local and squadron training exercises. With two exceptions, during 1924 and 1927 when she steamed to theCaribbean for fleet problems, she spent the entire period in operations along the west coast, from San Diego toPuget Sound , and inHawaii an waters."McCawley", designated for deactivation under the terms of the London Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament, decommissioned at San Diego
1 April 1930 . Her name was struck from the Navy list,13 August 1930 , and her hulk was scrapped and sold at auction2 September 1931 .References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m7/mccawley-i.htm
External links
*http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/276.htm
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