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DD-142 USS TARBELL

CLASS - WICKES As Built.
Displacement 1,154 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 1pdr AA (1 x 3"/23AA In Some Ships), 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 24,200 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 103.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia on December 31 1917.
Launched May 28 1918 and commissioned November 27 1918.
Decommissioned at San Diego on June 8 1922.
Recommissioning on May 29 1930.
She set sail for Philadelphia in late 1936 and was decommissioned there
shortly after her arrival.
Recommissioned on October 4 1939.
Decommissioned at Philadelphia on July 20 1945 and berthed there until her sale.
Stricken August 13 1945.
Fate Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap.

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Tarbell 109kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) Underway, circa 1919-1922. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Tarbell 95kUSS Wickes (DD-75) underway in a channel, with USS Tarbell (DD-142) following, circa 1919-1922. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Tarbell 171kPhoto #: NH 71572, USS Tarbell (DD-142) crewmembers doing laundry and relaxing on the ship's afterdeck, circa 1919-1922. The stern of USS Lea (DD-118) is in the background. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Tarbell 130kAt sea in 1919. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Lieutenant Charles Dutreaux. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Tarbell 104kDestroyers at Mare Island Navy Yard, 1919. These ships are from left to right: USS Tarbell (DD-142); USS Thatcher (DD-162); USS Rizal (DD-174); USS Hart (DD-110); USS Hogan (DD-178); USS Gamble (DD-123); USS Ramsay (DD-124) and USS Williams (DD-108). Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps). Photo No NH 42538.Robert Hurst
Tarbell 108kPhoto #: NH 57140, USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142), at left, steaming through the Gaillard Cut, during the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919. USS Woolsey (Destroyer # 77) is immediately ahead of Tarbell. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Tarbell 138kDestroyers refitting at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California View taken circa 1921-22. Many of these ships are being modified to place the after 4"/50 gun atop an enlarged after deckhouse. Ships present include (listed from the foreground): USS Lamberton (DD-119); unidentified destroyer; USS Breese (DD-122); USS Radford (DD-120); unidentified destroyer; USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Tarbell (DD-142); USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Delphy (DD-261); USS McFarland (DD-237); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Kennison (DD-138); USS Lea (DD-118); and two unidentified destroyers. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (MC), 1932. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Tarbell 108kUSS Yarnall (DD-143) and USS Tarbell (DD-142) Tied up together alongside a pier, during the 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Tarbell 92kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) in New York Harbour during the 1930s (USN).Robert Hurst
Tarbell 119kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) in San Diego harbor, California, during the early 1930s. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Tarbell 96kUSS Tarbell (DD-142), outboard ship, and USS Yarnall (DD-143), just inboard of Tarbell with two other destroyers, alongside a tender during the 1930s. Donation of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USNRF, 1963. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
The Fleet 301kBalboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone. Aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together. Ships present include (left to right in lower left): USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Roper (DD-147); USS Hale (DD-133); USS Dorsey (DD-117); USS Lea (DD-118); USS Rathburne (DD-113); USS Talbot (DD-114); USS Waters (DD-115); USS Dent (DD-116); USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); USS Buchanan (DD-131); USS Crowninshield (DD-134); USS Preble (DD-345); and USS William B. Preston (DD-344). (left to right in center): USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Sands (DD-243); USS Lawrence (DD-250); (unidentified destroyer); USS Detroit (CL-8), Flagship, Destroyers Battle Force; USS Fox (DD-234); USS Greer (DD-145); USS Barney (DD-149); USS Tarbell (DD-142); and USS Chicago (CA-29), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. (left to right across the top): USS Southard (DD-207); USS Chandler (DD-206); USS Farenholt (DD-332); USS Perry (DD-340); USS Wasmuth (DD-338); USS Trever (DD-339); USS Melville (AD-2); USS Truxtun (DD-229); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS MacLeish (DD-220); USS Simpson (DD-221); USS Hovey (DD-208); USS Long (DD-209); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Tracy (DD-214); USS Dahlgren (DD-187); USS Medusa (AR-1); USS Raleigh (CL-7), Flagship, Destroyers Scouting Force; USS Pruitt (DD-347); and USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156); USS Dallas (DD-199); (four unidentified destroyers); and USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fabio Peña
Tarbell 53kJuly 29 1934, location unknown.Marc Piché
Tarbell 69kPhoto #: NH 47002, USS Upshur (DD-144) and USS Tarbell (DD-142) tied up in port, during the later 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Tarbell 186kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) Underway in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, 17 December 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Tarbell 100kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, 17 December 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Paul Rebold
Tarbell 86kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, 17 December 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Paul Rebold
Tarbell 221kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) steaming in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, 17 December 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Paul Rebold
Tarbell 154kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) In Charleston harbor, South Carolina, 17 December 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Tarbell 40kCirca 1943, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Tarbell 204kUSS Tarbell (DD-142) At anchor in New York Harbor, 24 July 1943, with the barge Captain Jarvis and a tug alongside. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Tarbell 156kUSS Tarbell (DD-142), at anchor in New York Harbor, 24 July 1943, with the barge Captain Jarvis and a tug alongside. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Paul Rebold

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