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USS BROOME (DD-210 / AG-96)

CLASS - CLEMSON
Basic repeat Wickes Class, with 35% more fuel capacity to improve endurance problems,
designed radius was 4900 nautical miles, at 15 knots.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia on October 8 1918.
Launched May 14 1919 and Commissioned October 31 1919.
Decommissioned December 30 1922, Recommissioned February 5 1930.
Reclassified Auxiliary AG-96 May 23 1945.
Decommissioned May 20 1946.
Stricken June 19 1946.
Fate Sold November 20 1946 and broken up for scrap.
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Broome 93kUndated, location unknown.Joe Radigan
Broome 94kUSS Broome (Destroyer # 210) Panoramic photograph, taken in 1919-1920, probably at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Donation of Beverly Buchalski, October 2002. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Broome 134kUSS Broome (DD-210) Passes under the Levensau Bridge, while transiting the Kiel Canal, Germany, in 1920. Donation of Beverly Buchalski, October 2002. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Broome 108kUndated 1930's image at sea in her original configuration, Note Sister and last of the "Flush Deckers" built Pruitt DD-347, in background.-
Broome 138kDestroyers at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 April 1930 These ships are (from left to right): USS Badger (DD-126); USS Claxton (DD-140); USS Philip (DD-76); USS Broome (DD-210); and the stricken Corry (ex DD-334), which is being scrapped.Fred Weiss
Broome 106kShown at sea during WW2, the Broome exhibits the typical flush deck destroyer convoy escort configuration. Her four 4" surface-only guns and two after torpedo tube sets have been removed and replaced by six 3"/50 caliber dual purpose guns. Splinter shields have been added for gun crew protection and she carries on her foremast an SE microwave radar set, specially designed for flush deck destroyers.-
Broome 92kAs above with more detail.-
As AG-96
Broome 83kSeen here in this 1945 image, she has had her main armament removed.-
Broome 46kUSS Broome (AG-96) off Charleston, South Carolina, circa mid-1945. Note that she still retains four smokestacks, but has had her guns removed. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
USS BROOME DD-210 / AG-96 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Basil Nickerson
Address: P.O. Box 34836, Juneau, AK 99803
Phone: (907)780-4694
E-mail: None

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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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