USS Chew DD106
| Navy | USN |
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Type: |
Destroyer |
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Class: |
Wickes |
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Pennant: |
DD106 |
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Built by: |
Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid Down: | 2 January 1918 |
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Crew; |
113 Officers and Men |
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Launched: |
26 May 1918 |
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Commissioned: |
14 October 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 10 October 1945 |
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End service: |
Sold, 4 October 1946 |
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History: |
Two of her crew were killed while on board Pennsylvania assisting in rescue work. Chew remained at Pearl Harbour throughout the war on patrol, inter-island escort, and submarine training duty. She also made occasional voyages as a convoy escort and screening vessel to San Francisco and Seattle. She departed Pearl Harbour 21 August 1945 for the east coast, arriving at Philadelphia 13 September. |
