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Photo # NH 41809:  USS Sigourney at the Boston Navy Yard, 9 February 1919

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USS Sigourney (Destroyer # 81, later DD-81), 1918-1940

USS Sigourney, a 1160-ton (displacement) Little class destroyer, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. Soon after commissioning in mid-May 1918, she shepherded a troopship across the Atlantic to France, then performed convoy escort missions out of Brest during the rest of the First World War. Sigourney returned to the United States early in 1919 and, except for training duty in the summer of that year, was generally inactive until decommissioned in June 1922. Two years earlier, when the Navy implemented its hull number system in July 1920, she had been designated DD-81.

Laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during the next eighteen years, Sigourney was recommissioned in August 1940 and in November was transferred to Great Britain. As HMS Newport, she served with the British and Norwegian Navies as a convoy escort and target ship for most of World War II. Placed in reserve in January 1945, the old destroyer was scrapped in England in 1947.

This page features what few views we have concerning USS Sigourney (Destroyer # 81, later DD-81).


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Photo #: NH 41809

USS Sigourney
(Destroyer # 81)

At the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 9 February 1919. She had served in European waters during June-December 1918.
Panoramic photograph, taken by J.C. Crosby, Naval Photographer, 11 Portland Street, Boston.
The ship inboard of Sigourney appears to be USS Kentucky (Battleship # 6).

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Crosby Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 76KB; 900 x 460 pixels

 


The following photographs show USS Sigourney as one of a group of ships, or while she was under construction:

Photo #: NH 42524

Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


Warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (from left to right):
USS Wisconsin (Battleship # 9);
USS Illinois (Battleship # 7);
USS Alabama (Battleship # 8);
a Pittsburgh class armored cruiser;
two battleships, probably Connecticut class;
USS Stringham (Destroyer # 83);
USS Craven (Destroyer # 70);
USS Maury (Destroyer # 100); and
USS Sigourney (Destroyer # 81).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 43019

Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts


Destroyer hulls on the building ways, 1 October 1917. Those closest to the camera are the future USS Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's numbers 280 and 281. The ships on the left are probably the future USS Sigourney (DD-81) and Gregory (DD-82).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 168KB; 580 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 43022

Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts


Ships fitting out at the Fore River shipyard, 19 March 1918. The six destroyers are Little (DD-79), Kimberly (DD-80), Sigourney (DD-81), Gregory (DD-82), Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's hull numbers 274-277 and 280-281 respectively.
The freighter at right is Katrina Luckenbach, yard hull # 267, which served as USS Katrina Luckenbach in 1918-19. Most of the equipment on the pier is for her.
Note the large submarine being built in the background, under the revolving crane.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 585 pixels

 


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