USS Alden (DD-211) [SEP] vessel class
USS Alden
USS "Alden" (DD-211) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer of the United States Navy (USN). Serving during World War II, "Alden" is the only ship of the US Navy to have been named for Rear Admiral James Alden, Jr. (1810–1877).
Construction.
"Alden" was laid down on 24 October 1918 and launched on 14 May 1919 by William Cramp & Sons, sponsored by Miss Sarah Alden Dorsey, a niece of the late Rear Admiral Alden, and commissioned
out of Kebola Bay on 17 January 1942, "Trinity" set course for Australia, escorted by USS "Alden" (DD-211) and USS "Edsall" (DD-219). Shortly after 0630, a Japanese submarine fired three torpedoes at the oiler. All missed their target. "Alden" then searched for the enemy, made contact, and dropped a pattern of depth charges. In the resulting confusion, however, the American destroyer lost contact with the enemy and abandoned the search.
Upon her arrival at Darwin