Allied Warships

USS Broome (DD 210)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Clemson
Pennant	DD 210
Built by	William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	8 Oct 1918
Launched	14 May 1919
Commissioned	31 Oct 1919
End service	20 May 1946
History	Decommissioned 30 December 1922 Recommissioned 5 February 1930 Reclassified as Auxiliary AG-96 on 23 May 1945 Decommissioned 20 May 1946 Stricken 19 June 1946. Sold 20 November 1946 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Broome (DD 210)

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	Commander	From	To
1	John Yancey Dannenberg, USN	5 Apr 1938	16 Jan 1940
2	Lt.Cdr. Thomas Edward Fraser, USN	16 Jan 1940	9 Dec 1941
3	Lt.Cdr. Karl Frederick Poehlmann, USN	9 Dec 1941	23 May 1942
4	T/Lt.Cdr. George Cameron Seay, USN	23 May 1942	1 Jul 1943
5	Charles Snowden Arthur, Jr., USN	1 Jul 1943	20 Sep 1944
6	Winthrop B. Walker, USNR	20 Sep 1944	1 Oct 1945
7	Thomas L Wallace, USNR	1 Oct 1945	20 May 1946

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Notable events involving Broome include:

19 Apr 1942
USS Broome (Lt.Cdr. K.F. Poehlmann, USN) picks up 27 survivors from the American merchant Alcoa Guide that was torpedoed and sunk on the April 17th by German U-boat U-123 some 300 miles east of Cape Hatteras in position 35°34'N, 70°08'W.

10 Jun 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. K.L. Dyer, DSC, RCN), HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR) and USS Broome. (1)

27 Jul 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. B. Charles, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Broome (Lt. C.S. Arthur, Jr., USN), HMS Duncan (Cdr. Sir P.W Gretton, DSO and Bar, DSC, OBE, RN) and HMS Sunflower (A/Lt.Cdr. J. Plomer, RCNVR). (2)

28 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with USS Broome (Lt. C.S. Arthur, Jr., USN), USS Simpson (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Fahle, USN), HMS Walker (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Rowell, RN), HMS Walker (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Rowell, RN), HMS Highlander (Cdr. E.C.L. Day, RN) and USS Hughes (Lt.Cdr. H.H. Marable, USN). (3)

29 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with USS Broome (Lt. C.S. Arthur, Jr., USN) and USS Simpson (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Fahle, USN). (3)