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To Britain October 9 1940, renamed HMS Bradford (H72).| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 39k | Photo #: NH 77259, USS McLanahan (Destroyer # 264) tied up alongside USS Melville (Destroyer Tender # 2) at San Diego, California, 1919. The bow of USS Reno (DD-303) is visible in the right distance. Courtesy of Mrs. C.R. DeSpain, 1973. From the scrapbooks of Fred M. Butler. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
| 126k | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington Destroyers and other ships at the Navy Yard, 11 January 1922. Identifiable ships include (from front to rear): USS McLanahan (DD-264); USS Thompson (DD-305); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS New York (BB-34) and USS Texas (BB-35. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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| HMS Bradford (ex-USS McLanahan, DD-264) Commissioned into RN on 8 October 1940, and briefly refitted at Devonport between 29 October and 12 November 1940. In consequence of defects arising during her working up period, she was selected for conversion to a long-range escort. The refit of considerable extent, was undertaken at Sheerness and, together with trials, associated defects and a collision, meant that she did not become operational with 43rd Escort Group on the UK/Gibraltar convoy route until September 1941, one year after transfer. It is apparent that, despite the long refit. all was not well with her as she returned to a repair yard on Humberside from June to August 1942. Even after that, she escorted only three convoys (one in the North Atlantic, KMS2 to Operation Torch, and a return convoy from that invasion of North Africa), during which she was in collision and went aground. In mid-December 1942 she went into dockyard hands, this time at Liverpool. By mid-1943 it had become apparent she was beyond economic repair, and she paid off into the control of Devonport Command, being towed away from Liverpool on 14 May 1943. On arrival at Devonport, she was commissioned on 1 June 1943 as HMS Foliot, an accommodation ship and accounting base for Combine Operations personnel, and she served as such for the rest of the war. She was handed over for scrapping on 19 June 1946, and arrived in tow at Troon on August 1946 for work to commence by the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co.Ltd. (Foreign service history thanks to Robert Hurst) | ||||
| 71k | The 'Town' class destroyer HMS Bradford (ex-USS McLanahan, DD-264) dockside at Londonderry, Northern Ireland, after her conversion into a long range escort circa October 1941. | Robert Hurst | |
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