USS Walker (DD-163) [SEP] vessel class
USS Walker (DD-163)
The first USS "Walker" (DD-163) was a that saw service in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Admiral John Grimes Walker.
History.
"Walker" was laid down on 19 June 1918 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company under contract from Bethlehem Steel Co.. The destroyer was launched on 14 September 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Francis Pickering Thomas. "Walker" was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 31 January 1919
Crusade (Destroyermen novel)
Crusade is the second book of the Destroyermen series. Matthew
Reddy, and the crew of USS "Walker" (DD-163), are reunited with the destroyer USS "Mahan" (DD-102), and set out to fight the Grik. Reddy and "Walker"'s marine detachment, continue training the Lemurians to defend themselves and take the war to the Grik. The Grik have now taken over the ship that was chasing them, the Japanese battlecruiser "Amagi".
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