Service history USS Denebola (AD-12)

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1 service history

1.1 destroyer tender, 1922–1924
1.2 in reserve, 1924–1940
1.3 reactivated, 1940
1.4 world war ii





service history
destroyer tender, 1922–1924

denebola served on atlantic coast until 21 november 1922 when cleared philadelphia mediterranean , duty tender , repair ship u.s. naval detachment in turkish waters. got underway constantinople 18 november 1923 , called @ bizerte , tunis, tunisia; gibraltar; , azores on way new york, arrived 23 december. denebola joined in winter maneuvers in caribbean in 1924. placed out of commission in reserve @ philadelphia on 9 august.


in reserve, 1924–1940

except period 1931 1934 when served barracks ship @ norfolk crews of battleships undergoing modernization, denebola remained out of commission, @ philadelphia until towed baltimore, maryland in 1940. commissioned in ordinary there 18 january 1940 overhaul , refit.


reactivated, 1940

again in full commission, on 6 april 1940 denebola sailed norfolk shakedown exercises in chesapeake bay, returned baltimore have flag quarters installed. on 14 august arrived @ norfolk navy yard , reported commander, destroyers, atlantic squadron, u.s. fleet, overhaul destroyers , serve flagship. on 1 september sailed halifax, nova scotia, arriving 5 days later, prepare , transfer british government destroyers involved in land bases-destroyers exchange. visited earl of athlone, governor general of canada, on 8 september. returning norfolk 3 november, made 2 similar trips halifax in next month , half.


world war ii




during 1941 denebola served @ norfolk, tending destroyers , conducting schools in repair work, cruising guantanamo bay, cuba, once , bermuda twice. arrived in casco bay, maine on 12 september serve tender destroyers , other ships there until 5 july 1944.


denebola sailed norfolk on 24 july 1944 duty in mediterranean, furnishing tender services @ cagliari, sardinia, during invasion of southern france. continued duty @ ajaccio, corsica, , st. tropez, france, until 23 september when put naples tender duty until 27 october. returned casco bay, maine 1 december. arriving @ boston 30 april 1945 repairs, denebola got underway 13 may pacific, arriving @ eniwetok 30 june. provided upkeep , repair services destroyers , other ships until 6 november when sailed san diego, arriving 26 november. aided in preparing ships decommissioning until 14 february 1946 when got underway san francisco. denebola decommissioned there 10 april 1946 , transferred maritime commission disposal 1 july 1946.


denebola received 1 battle star world war ii service.







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