#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 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).