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. |
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)
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Sources
- ADM 173/18430
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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