Allied Warships

USS MacKenzie (ii) (DD 614)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 614
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	29 May 1941
Launched	27 Jun 1942
Commissioned	21 Nov 1942
End service	4 Feb 1946
History	Decommissioned 4 February 1946. Stricken 1 July 1971. Sunk as a target off the coast of Florida 6 May 1974.

Commands listed for USS MacKenzie (ii) (DD 614)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Daniel Byrd Miller, USN	21 Nov 1942	1 Oct 1943
2	Lt.Cdr. Basil Norris Rittenhouse, Jr., USN	1 Oct 1943	12 Nov 1944
3	Overton Dickinson Hughlett, USN	12 Nov 1944	4 Feb 1946

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Notable events involving MacKenzie (ii) include:

16 May 1943
German U-boat U-182 was sunk north-west of Madeira Islands, in position 33°55'N, 20°35'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Mackenzie

20 Nov 1943
HMS Unswerving (T/Lt. M.D. Tattersall, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Londonderry with HMS Primrose (T/Lt. R.F. Pembry, RNR), USS Mackenzie (Cdr. B.N. Rittenhouse, Jr., USN) and HMS Verity (Lt. C.G. Cowley, RN). (1)