- USS Charles Ausburn (DD-294)
The first USS "Charles Ausburn" (DD-294) was a "Clemson"-class
destroyer in theUnited States Navy followingWorld War I . She was named forCharles Lawrence Ausburne .History
"Charles Ausburn" was launched
18 December 1919 byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation ,Squantum, Massachusetts ; sponsored by Mrs. D. K. Ausburn; and commissioned23 March 1920 , Lieutenant M. W. Hutchinson, Jr., in command. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, "Charles Ausburn" operated fromCharleston, South Carolina ,Norfolk, Virginia andNewport, Rhode Island along the Atlantic coast and in theCaribbean through 1924, serving with a reduced complement from October 1920 to May 1922. During those years, as she participated in fleet exercises and training maneuvers, she aided in the development and application of new ideas in naval warfare. In the fall of 1923, "Charles Ausburn" was equipped to carry a seaplane, with which she performed experiments in the rapidly developing field of naval aviation.In late summer of 1924, "Charles Ausburn" cruised to northern latitudes to provide plane guard service in the round-the-world flight of Army aircraft, maintaining stations off
Greenland and Newfoundland. On18 June 1925 , she sailed from Boston for a year of duty offEurope and in theMediterranean , visiting at a large number of ports before her return to New York11 July 1926 . She continued her operations with the fleet, often providing facilities for the training of reservists, until1 May 1930 , when she was decommissioned atPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania . There she was sold17 January 1931 .References
External links
*http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/294.htm
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