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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 42kOverhead stern view of the USS Ellis (DD-154) at an unknown date and location. A good overhead view of a Wickes class destroyer that has been rebuilt, as evident with one of her stacks removed. The ship is camouflaged in measure MS22 color scheme. Photo from the 1943-45 Naval Recognition Manual files.Mike Green
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

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 - ?
LCDR Francis Sanderson Craven    May 1921 - ?
(Decommissioned Jun 17 1922 - May 1 1930)
LCDR Henry George Moran    Sep 1936 - Dec 1936 (Later RADM)
(Decommissioned Dec 16 1936 - Oct 16 1939)
CDR John Baptist Heffernan    ? 1939 - 1940 (Later RADM)
LCDR J. M. Kennaday    ? 1940 - ?
LCDR Leland Ralph Lampman    1941 - ?

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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