USS Toucey (DD-282) [SEP] vessel class
USS Toucey (DD-282)
USS "Toucey" (DD-282) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey.
"Toucey" was laid down on 26 April 1919 at Squantum, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 5 September 1919, sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Alden Robinson, and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts on 9 December 1919, Commander Reuben B. Coffey in command.
Service history.
Soon after commissioning,
controversies of the day, Toucey held that post until 1861 and the arrival of the Abraham Lincoln administration. Toucey was then replaced by one of his chief rivals in Connecticut, Gideon Welles. After 1861 he returned to his law practice.
Death and legacy.
Toucey died in Hartford on July 30, 1869. He is interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut. USS "Toucey" (DD-282) was named for him.
External links.
- Connecticut State Library: Isaac Toucey, Governor of