HMS Chelsea
USS ''Crowninshield'' (DD–134) was a in the United States Navy between World War I and World War II. She was named for Benjamin Williams Crowninshield. In World War II she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was named HMS ''Chelsea'', and subsequently to the Soviet Navy where she was named ''Derzky''. Construction and career United States Navy ''Crowninshield'' was Ship naming and launching, launched 24 July 1919 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Emily Crowninshield Davis, great-great-granddaughter of B. W. Crowninshield. The ship was Ship commissioning, commissioned on 6 August 1919, Lieutenant Commander R. E. Sampson in command; and reported to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Atlantic Fleet.United States Naval Historical Center. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting ShipsCrowninshield Retrieved 27 January 2015. ''Crowninshield'' cruised along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean, participating in 1921 in the fleet concentration in the Panama Canal Zon ...
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