Allied Warships

USS Bainbridge (DD 246)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

USS Bainbridge during the war

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Clemson
Pennant	DD 246
Built by	New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	27 May 1919
Launched	12 Jun 1920
Commissioned	9 Feb 1921
End service	21 Jul 1945
History	Decommissioned 23 December 1930 Recommissioned 5 September 1933 Decommissioned 20 November 1937 Recommissioned 26 September 1939 Decommissioned 21 July 1945 Stricken 13 August 1945 Sold 30 November 1945 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Bainbridge (DD 246)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Edward Patrick Creehan, USN	26 Sep 1939	19 Jan 1941
2	Lt. Liles Walker Creighton, USN	19 Jan 1941	Sep 1942
3	T/Lt.Cdr. Alston Maury Boyd, Jr., USN	Sep 1942	16 Aug 1943
4	T/Lt.Cdr. Harry Curtis Transue, USN	16 Aug 1943	18 Aug 1944
5	William Stanton Hitchins, USNR	18 Aug 1944	21 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Bainbridge include:

22 May 1945
USS R-1 (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Cunningham, Jr., USNR) conducted A/S exercises off Casco Bay, Maine together with USS Bainbridge (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Hitchins, USNR).