USS Woolsey (DD-77) [SEP] vessel class
USS Woolsey (DD-77)
The first USS "Woolsey" (DD-77) was a in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Melancthon Taylor Woolsey.
History.
"Woolsey" was laid down on 1 November 1917 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works. The ship was launched on 17 September 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Elise Campau Wells. The destroyer was commissioned on 30 September 1918, Lieutenant Commander Frederick V. McNair, Jr. in command.
After trials out of Bath
List)
- Operator:
- Commissioned: 24 August 1918 (List)
- Decommissioned: 23 October 1940 (List)
- Operator:
- Commissioned: 23 October 1940 (List)
- Decommissioned: July 1945 (List)
- Status: Scrapped 1947
- Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II minelayer and escort
Ships in class USS "Woolsey".
- Designation: Destroyer No. 77, DD-77
- Builders: (Bath Iron Works in Bath,