Richard M. Elliot
USS ''Elliot'' (DD-146) was a in the United States Navy during World War II, first reclassified as DMS-4, and later reclassified as AG-104. Namesake Richard McCall Elliot Jr. was born on 12 April 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 10 July 1909. Lieutenant commander Elliot was killed aboard on 19 March 1918 when her depth charges exploded in collision with a British ship in the convoy ''Manley'' was escorting. Construction and commissioning ''Elliot'' was launched on 4 July 1918 by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia, sponsored by Mrs. R. M. Elliot, widow of Lieutenant Commander Elliot. The destroyer was commissioned on 25 January 1919. Service history After training in the Caribbean Sea, ''Elliot'' sailed from New York on 28 April 1919 to the Azores; Gibraltar; Malta; and Split, returning to Philadelphia on 4 June. Reassigned to the Pacific Fleet, she joined Destroyer Division 13 in New York Harbor in w ...
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William Cramp & Sons
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company (also known as William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company) of Philadelphia was founded in 1830 by William Cramp, and was the preeminent U.S. iron shipbuilder of the late 19th century. Company history William Cramp was born in Kensington, Philadelphia in 1807. In 1855, his sons Charles Henry (born 1828) and William C., became partners with their father. In 1872, his other sons Samuel H., Jacob C. and Theodore were taken into the firm. The company was incorporated under the name "The William Cramp and Sons' Iron Shipbuilding and Engineering Company." The pilot boat ''Thomas Howard'' was built by the Cramp shipyard in 1870 for the Delaware Bay & River pilots. She was one of the Philadelphia port's fastest pilot boats. In 1890 the company built the battleships USS ''Indiana'' and USS ''Massachusetts'', armored cruiser USS ''New York'', and protected cruiser USS ''Columbia''. Three of these ships took a part in the battle with ...
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