#USS Simpson (DD-221)

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The Combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Panama Bay

In the first photo, the ships present in this image are (from left to right): "USS PAUL HAMILTON (DD-307), USS FARQUHAR (DD-304), USS SIMPSON (DD-221), USS THOMPSON (DD-305), USS PARROTT (DD-218), USS RENO (DD-303), USS DORSEY (DD-117), USS DENT (DD-116) and USS WATERS (DD-115). Chilean destroyers are in the center distance."

In the second photo, the ships present in this image are (from left to right): "USS STODDERT (DD-302), USS MELVILLE (AD-2), USS TEXAS (BB-35), USS PARTRIDGE (AM-16), USS BIRMINGHAM (CL-2), USS ARKANSAS (BB-33), USS IDAHO (BB-42), USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41), USS WYOMING (BB-32), USS NEW YORK (BB-34), USS NEW MEXICO (BB-40) and USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38)."

In the third photo, the ships present in this image are (from left to right): "USS SICARD (DD-346), USS HATFIELD (DD-231), USS NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), USS DELAWARE (BB-28), USS BRAZOS (AO-4), USS PROMETHEUS (AR-3), USS UTAH (BB-31), USS OKLAHOMA (BB-37), USS BRIDGE (AF-1), USS NEVADA (BB-36), USS SCHENCK (DD-159), USS ARIZONA (BB-39), USS BLACK HAWK (AD-9), USS DICKERSON (DD-157), USS DAHLGREN (DD-187), USS HERBERT (DD-160), USS COLUMBIA (CA-16), USS CLEVELAND (PG-33), USS TACOMA (PG-32), USS SEMMES (DD-189) and one other destroyer.

Panoramic photograph taken by M.C. Mayberry, of Mayberry and Smith, Shreveport, Louisiana.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 86082-A, NH 86082-B, NH 86082-C

Date: January 21, 1921

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August 26 1943, pictures of USS Simpson (DD-221) taken by Naval Air Station New York.

Serving primarily in the Atlantic, the longest convoys she escorted were in 1941 to August of 1943, after which she escorted convoys up and down the east coast, and then escorted newly built ships like battleships Wisconsin and Missouri and the carrier Ticonderoga. On 23 May 1945 with being reclassified a miscellaneous auxiliary, Simpson was disarmed and converted to tow targets. 

Simpson was decommissioned on 29 March 1946, and sold for scrap 21 November. Though she had a long service life in the USN and an appreciable amount of time spent as a training ship or escorting new ships, Simpson earned no battle-stars for her service.

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USS Alaska (CB-1), the first of a class of "large cruisers" designed as a compromise to achieve a fast cruiser with a relatively heavy main battery, was laid down on 17 December 1941 at Camden, N.J., by the New York Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 15 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ernest Gruening, wife of the Honorable Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 June 1944, Capt. Peter K. Fischler in command.

Following post-commissioning fitting out at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, USS Alaska (CB-1) stood down the Delaware River on 6 August 1944, bound for Hampton Roads, escorted by Simpson (DD-221) and Broome (DD-210). She then conducted an intensive shakedown, first in Chesapeake Bay and then in the Gulf of Paria, off Trinidad, British West Indies, escorted by Bainbridge (DD-246) and Decatur (DD-341). Steaming via Annapolis, Md., and Norfolk, USS Alaska returned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where the large cruiser underwent changes and alterations to her fire control suite: the fitting of four Mk. 57 directors for her five-inch battery.

Placed in inactive status, "in commission, in reserve" at Bayonne, on 13 August 1946, USS Alaska (CB-1)  was ultimately placed out of commission, in reserve, on 17 February 1947.

The large cruiser never returned to active duty. Her name struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1960, the ship was sold on 30 June 1960 to the Lipsett Division of Luria Brothers of New York City, to be broken up for scrap.

USS Alaska(CB-1) was awarded three battle stars for her World War II service.

USS Alaska (CB-1) being inclined at Camden, New Jersey on June 5, 1944, twelve days before her official commissioning.

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USS Simpson (DD-221) off  San Diego's Point Loma about 1938.

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USS Simpson (DD-221) off Red Crown Zerolene tank farm in San Pablo, California in October-November 1921.

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Six destroyers nested together during the early 1920s. These ships are (from left to right): USS Edsall (DD-219); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS Bulmer (DD-222); USS Parrott (DD-218); USS Simpson (DD-221); and USS MacLeish (DD-220).

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Ships of the 39th Destroyer Division moored together, probably in San Diego Harbor, California, in 1921. These ships are (from left to right): USS Edsall (DD-219); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS Bulmer (DD-222); USS Simpson (DD-221); USS MacLeish (DD-220); and USS Parrott (DD-218).