- USS Breck (DD-283)
USS "Breck" (DD-283) was a "Clemson"-class
destroyer in theUnited States Navy followingWorld War I . She was named forJoseph Berry Breck .History
"Breck" was launched
5 September 1919 byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation ,Squantum, Massachusetts , sponsored by Mrs. Forest MacNee, granddaughter of Lieutenant Commander Breck; and commissioned1 December 1919 , Lieutenant Commander C. E. Van Hook in command.Breck served with the Atlantic Fleet, attached to Destroyer Squadron 1 and for six months operated in the
Caribbean area. From15 July 1920 until June 1921 she was atNewport, Rhode Island , in reserve commission, having only limited duty trainingNaval Reserves on the Atlantic coast. In June 1921 she rejoined the Destroyer Force and participated in scheduled drills and exercises along the Atlantic coast and for a time had special duty in connection with the calibration of coastal Radio Compass Stations.In June 1922 she joined Squadrons Escorting fleet, and annually took part in squadron and fleet operations in August 1925 her home yard was changed from
Boston, Massachusetts toNorfolk Navy Yard and "Breck" was attached to Destroyer Division 25. As a unit of that Division she served withUnited States Naval Forces Europe , between June 1926 and June 1927 showing the flag along the European and North African coasts and engaging in target and engineering competition. Upon returning to the United States she put in atNew York Navy Yard and then proceeded to Newport where she embarked Naval Reserves for the training cruise with theScouting Fleet . The succeeding years were similar in the established routine of gunnery practice, war games, and maneuvers until the end of September 1929 when "Breck" arrived with other units of Destroyer Squadron 9 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, ending her active service. "Breck" was decommissioned1 May 1930 and sold17 January 1931 .As of 2005, no other ship have been named "Breck".
References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b9/breck-i.htm
External links
*http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/283.htm
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