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USS DEMPSEY DE-267

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Hull Number: DE-267

Launch Date: 04/22/1943


Class: EVARTS

EVARTS Class

Namesake: RICHARD JOHN DEMPSEY

RICHARD JOHN DEMPSEY

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016

Richard John Dempsey, born 8 February 1919 in New York City, N.Y., was commissioned ensign 14 November 1940. Lieutenant (junior grade) Dempsey was killed in the Battle of Savo Island 9 August 1942 when his ship Vincennes (CA-44) was sunk.


Disposition:

To Britain 23 Aug 43 as Cooke, stricken 8 May 46


Ship History

USS DEMPSEY DE-267 Ship History

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016

Dempsey (DE-267) was launched 22 April 1943 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Dempsey, mother of the late Lieutenant (junior grade) Dempsey, USNR; transferred to Great Britain under Lend-Lease 23 August 1943 and renamed Cooke; returned to the United States and sold 3 June 1947.