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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Foote |
| Namesake | Andrew Hull Foote |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company,Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 7 August 1918 |
| Launched | 14 December 1918 |
| Commissioned | 21 March 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 6 July 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 2 July 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 23 September 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Fate | Transferred toUnited Kingdom, 23 September 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSRoxborough |
| Commissioned | 23 September 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number:I07 |
| Fate | Transferred to USSR, 1 August 1944 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | 1 August 1944 |
| Fate | Returned to UK, 7 February 1949 for scrapping, 14 May 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-classdestroyer |
| Displacement | 1,060 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
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The secondUSSFoote (DD–169) was aWickes-classdestroyer in theUnited States Navy followingWorld War I. She was transferred to theRoyal Navy asHMSRoxborough (I07) and later to theSoviet Navy asZhyostky (orDoblestny; sources vary).
Named for AdmiralAndrew Hull Foote, she was launched 14 December 1918 byFore River Shipbuilding Company,Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Lelia F. Cady, daughter of Admiral Foote; and commissioned 21 March 1919.
Foote sailed fromBoston 3 May 1919 to take up an observation station offNewfoundland for the historicfirst aerial crossing of the Atlantic, made later that month by Navyseaplanes. She returned to Boston 22 May to complete her interrupted fitting out, then took part in training operations until sailing fromNewport 27 August bound for a tour of duty withNaval Forces European Waters. From September through December, she served in theAdriatic, and then called atItalian andFrench ports homeward bound. Arriving at Boston 12 February 1920, she was placed in reserve 24 February for repairs there and atCharleston.
In the summer of 1921,Foote operated with 50 percent of her complement during summer target practice inNarragansett Bay, and returning to Charleston, she lay there and at Boston for alterations and repairs until decommissioned atPhiladelphia 6 July 1922. Recommissioned 2 July 1940,Foote operated on patrol out of Charleston, until sailing 7 September forHalifax, Nova Scotia. There, on 23 September 1940, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy in thedestroyers for land bases exchange.
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Commissioned as HMSRoxborough 23 September 1940, the destroyer crossed the Atlantic to join the Western Approaches Command, guarding convoys during the dangerous last leg of their voyages into British ports. In March 1942,Roxborough took up western Atlantic escort duty out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.Roxborough was modified for trade convoy escort service by removal of three of the original4 in (102 mm)/50 guns and one of the tripletorpedo tube mounts to reduce topside weight for additionaldepth charge stowage and installation ofHedgehog anti-submarine mortar.[1]
While with convoy HX222Roxborough met with such heavy weather that the entire bridge structure was crushed, with eleven dead, including the Commanding Officer and 1st Lieutenant. The sole surviving executive officer managed to regain control of the ship, and under hand steering from aft, she made St. John's, Newfoundland.
Returning to theTyne 10 January 1944,Roxborough lay in reserve there until transferred to theSoviet Navy on 1 August 1944.
On 1 August 1944Roxborough was transferred to theSoviet Navy. She was renamed (sources vary) eitherZhyostky (rus. "Rigid")[2] orDoblestny (rus. "Glorious or Valiant").[3] She was returned to Great Britain 7 February 1949 and was scrapped on 14 May 1949.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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