USS Broome (DD-210)
| | Career |  | USN Jack |
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| Launched: | 14 May 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 31 October 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 December 1922 |
| Recommissioned: | 5 February 1930 |
| Redesignated: | AG-96, 23 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 May 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold, 20 November 1946 |
| General Characteristics |
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| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4" (102 mm), 1 x 3" (76 mm), 12 x 21" (533 mm) TT. |
USS Broome (DD-210/AG-96) was a
Clemson-class destroyer in the
United States Navy. She was named after a
United States Marine Corps officer,
John L. Broome.
Broome was launched
14 May 1919 by
William Cramp and Sons,
Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Mary Josephine Heyworth Broome, granddaughter of Lieutenant Colonel Broome, and commissioned
31 October 1919, Commander C. M. Austin in command.
Broome left
New York Navy Yard in May
1920 for duty in
European waters. She cruised between
English and
French ports, as well as in the
Baltic Sea and
Mediterranean. At the end of the year she reported to the
Asiatic Fleet. After two years she returned to the
United States and went out of commission at
San Diego 30 December 1922.
Broome was recommissioned
5 February 1930 and thereafter served actively with the fleet in the
Pacific until
1939 except for a period in reduced commission during
1934. In May 1939
Broome arrived at
Norfolk Navy Yard for duty in the
Atlantic. In
1941 she was attached to Destroyer Division 63, Patrol Force, and operated with the
Neutrality Patrol on the Atlantic coast. Later that year, she served as a convoy escort between
Iceland and the
United States.
From January
1942 until May
1945 Broome engaged in convoy escort, patrol, and training operations in east coast, Icelandic,
Canadian, and
Caribbean waters. In addition, she escorted several trans-Atlantic convoys to
North Africa and the
United Kingdom.
On
4 May 1945 Broome arrived at
Charleston Navy Yard for overhaul and on
23 May her designation was changed to
AG-96. On
10 June 1945, as a unit of the
Atlantic Fleet attached to the Operational Training Command, she reported for duty at
Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, where she served until December 1945. On
10 December she procceded to
Philadelphia and commenced her pre-inactivation overhaul.
Broome was decommissioned
20 May 1946 and sold
20 November 1946.
As of 2005, no other ship has been named
Broome.
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