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USS ELLIS (DD-154 / AG-115)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NIFD

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, 26,000 SHP; Parsons Design Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 103.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia on July 8 1918.
Launched November 30 1918 and commissioned June 7 1919.
Decommissioned June 17 1922.
Recommissioned May 1 1930, decommissioned December 16 1936.
Recommissioned October 16 1939 and assigned to Neutrality Patrol.
Reclassified Auxiliary AG-115 June 30 1945.
Decommissioned October 31 1945.
Stricken November 16 1945.
Fate Sold July 17 1947 and broken up for scrap.

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Ellis 58kGeorge Henry Ellis born in Peoria, Ill., in 1875, enlisted in the Navy in 1892. Chief Yeoman Ellis was killed 3 July 1898 while serving in Brooklyn during the Battle of Santiago. Photo is from a painting of the Batle of Santiago.Robert M. Cieri/Bill Gonyo
Ellis 192kUndated, location unknown. From the John Dickey collection.Ed Zajkowski
Ellis 195kUSS Ellis (DD 154) with Brooklyn Bridge in background shortly after her commissioning. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.Darryl Baker
Ellis 104kGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 1920. USN photo.Joe Radigan
Ellis 25kCirca 1920, location unknown.Marc Piché
Ellis 258kUSS Ellis (DD 154) with other destroyers in reserve at Philadelphia Navy Yard circa 1923.Marc Piché
Ellis 126kShortly after collision off Lapaz, Mexico in November 1934 with USS McFarland (DD-237). From the John Dickey collection.Ed Zajkowski
Ellis 129kThe morning after the collision. From the John Dickey collection.Ed Zajkowski
Ellis 121kEntering San Diego under escort by the USS Kingfisher (AM-25). From the John Dickey collection.Ed Zajkowski
Ellis 189kIn ARD-1 as DesBase San Diego after New Year's 1935. From the John Dickey collection.Ed Zajkowski
Ellis 144kAs above. From the John Dickey collection.Ed Zajkowski
Ellis 123kAs above. From the John Dickey collection.Ed Zajkowski
Ellis 116kStarboard bow view of USS Ellis (DD-154), on leaving San Diego, on 2 January 1935 for Mare Island after receiving temporary repairs to her bow. The Ellis was damaged in a collision with USS McFarland (DD-237) during night maneuvers off lower California on 5 November 1934. Original negative given by Mr. Franklin Moran in 1967. Source: Naval History Heritage and Command, Photo No. NH 64530.Mike Green
Ellis 94kPort bow view of USS Ellis (DD-154), on leaving San Diego, on 2 January 1935 for Mare Island after receiving temporary repairs to her bow. The Ellis was damaged in a collision with USS McFarland (DD-237) during night maneuvers off lower California on 5 November 1934. Original negative given by Mr. Franklin Moran in 1967. Source: Naval History Heritage and Command, Photo No. NH 64531.Mike Green
Ellis 93kClose up of the starboard bow of USS Ellis (DD-154), on leaving San Diego, on 2 January 1935 for Mare Island after receiving temporary repairs to her bow. The Ellis was damaged in a collision with USS McFarland (DD-237) during night maneuvers off lower California on 5 November 1934. Original negative given by Mr. Franklin Moran in 1967. Source: Naval History Heritage and Command, Photo No. NH 64532.Mike Green

USS ELLIS DD-154 / AG-115 History
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Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

LCDR Thomas Earle Van Metre    Jun 7 1919 - Oct 23 1921
LCDR Francis Sanderson Craven    Oct 23 1921 - Jan 12 1922
LCDR Hugo Wilson Osterhaus    Jan 12 1922 - Jun 17 1922 (Later ADM)
(Decommissioned June 17 1922 - May 1 1930)
LCDR Carl Glenn Gilliland    May 1 1930 - May 23 1931
LCDR Rivers Johnson Carstarphen    May 23 1931 - Oct 15 1932
LCDR Francis Arthur LaRoche    Oct 15 1932 - Oct 25 1933
LCDR Cuthbert Ambrose Griffiths    Oct 25 1933 - Apr 1935
LCDR Charles Butler McVay III    Apr 1935 - Sep 10 1936 (Later RADM)
LCDR Henry George Moran    Sep 10 1936 - Dec 15 1936 (Later RADM)
(Decommissioned December 15 1936 - October 16 1939)
CDR Thomas Green Peyton    Oct 16 1939 - Jan 22 1940 (Later COMO)
LCDR John Martin Kennaday    Jan 22 1940 - Jun 15 1940
CDR John Baptist Heffernan    Jun 15 1940 - Jun 15 1941 (Later RADM)
LCDR Leland Ralph Lampman    Jun 15 1941 - Jan 12 1943
LCDR Charles Weigel Musgrave    Jan 12 1943 - Apr 13 1944
LCDR Philip Cutler    Apr 13 1944 - Oct 24 1945
LT Thomas Joseph Kelly    Oct 24 1945 - Oct 31 1945

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