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The first USS ''Warrington'' (DD-30) was a modified in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Lewis Warrington. ''Warrington'' was laid down on 21 June 1909 at Philadelphia by the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company; launched on 18 June 1910; sponsored by Mrs. Richard Hatton; and commissioned on 20 March 1911, Lieutenant Walter M. Hunt in command. ==Pre-World War I== After fitting out at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, ''Warrington'' moved on 5 August to the Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island, where she loaded torpedoes in preparation for training with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. During most of the fall and early winter, the warship conducted battle drills and practice torpedo firings with the submarines and destroyers of the torpedo fleet. She also joined the cruisers and battleships of the Atlantic Fleet for training in broader combat maneuvers. Those training evolutions took her as far north as Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and as far south as Cuba. On 27 December 1911, the destroyer departed Charleston, South Carolina, in company with the ships of Destroyer Divisions 8 and 9, bound for Hampton Roads. At about 1240 the following morning, the two divisions of destroyers reached the vicinity of the Virginia capes. Suddenly, an unidentified schooner knifed her way through the darkness and mist, struck ''Warrington'' aft, and sliced off about of her stern. The collision deprived her of all propulsion and forced her to anchor at sea some off Cape Hatteras. responded to her distress call first; but, soon, and joined the vigil. The three ships struggled through the morning and forenoon watches to pass a towline to their stricken sister, but it was not until the revenue cutter ''Conondaga'' arrived at 1300 that the latter ship succeeded in taking ''Warrington'' in tow. The revenue cutter towed her into the Norfolk Navy Yard where she was placed in reserve while undergoing repairs which were not completed until 2 December 1912. Upon her return to active service, ''Warrington'' resumed operations with the torpedo forces assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, by then designated the Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla. For a little over four years, she plied the eastern coastal waters of the United States, participating in various gunnery drills and torpedo-firing practices with the torpedo flotilla as well as in fleet maneuvers and battle problems with the assembled Atlantic Fleet. During part of that interlude, the destroyer was based at Newport and worked out of Boston, Massachusetts during the remainder. ''Warrington'' was ordered to Bar Harbor, Maine and entered the port with USRCS ''Androscoggin'' to prevent unauthorized departure of foreign vessels but primarily to protect the transfer of gold and silver, as well as all mail and passengers, from to shore to be transported by train to New York. The two ships arrived at Bar Harbor on 6 August 1914 with wild speculation in the press. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Warrington (DD-30)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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