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 United States | |
| Name | Bagley |
| Namesake | Worth Bagley |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,Newport News, Virginia |
| Cost | $1,253,363 (hull and machinery)[1] |
| Laid down | 11 May 1918 |
| Launched | 19 October 1918 |
| Commissioned | 27 August 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1922 |
| Namesake | John James Doran |
| Renamed | USSDoran, 22 December 1939 (following the naming ofUSS Bagley (DD-386)) |
| Recommissioned | 17 June 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 22 September 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification | DD-185 |
| Fate | Transferred toUnited Kingdom, 22 September 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSSt. Mary's |
| Commissioned | 22 September 1940 |
| Decommissioned | February 1944 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-classdestroyer |
| Displacement | 1,213 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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The secondUSSBagley (DD–185) was aWickes-classdestroyer in theUnited States Navy followingWorld War I. She was renamedUSSDoran and later transferred to theRoyal Navy asHMSSt. Mary's (I-12), aTown-classdestroyer.
Named for EnsignWorth Bagley, she was launched 19 October 1918 byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley, mother of Ensign Bagley, commissioned 27 August 1919 and reported to theAtlantic Fleet.
Between August 1919 and July 1920Bagley served in destroyer Flotillas 1, 3, and 8 participating in maneuvers and training in theAtlantic andCaribbean. She was placed in reserve commission 16 July 1920 and out of commission at Philadelphia 12 July 1922. During 25 April 1932 – 20 April 1934 she was on loan to theCoast Guard.
The nameBagley was dropped 31 May 1935 and, until 1939, she was referred to as DD-185 (ex-Bagley). She was renamedDoran 22 December 1939, forJohn James Doran. Recommissioned 17 June 1940, she reported to theAtlantic Squadron.Doran served with the Squadron until 22 September 1940, when she was decommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and transferred under theDestroyers for Bases Agreement to theUnited Kingdom.
She was renamed HMSSt. Mary's and arrived atBelfast,Northern Ireland, 8 October 1940. Assigned to the permanent escort force of the 1st Minelaying Squadron, she arrived on the west coast ofScotland 31 October and took part in some of the early minelaying operations inDenmark Strait, betweenIceland andGreenland. She also escorted a number of convoys. During 1941 she took part in most of the Squadron's minelaying operations and rendered service in the defense of shipping. On 29 August 1941, she collided with the transportRoyal Ulsterman off the west coast of Scotland and was inSalford Docks until December.
St. Mary's carried out minelaying and shipping defense duties in 1942 and 1943. In February 1944 she was paid off in theTyne and remained there until the end of the war, when she was scrapped.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere. Royal Navy |
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