USS Branch (DD-197)
USS ''Branch'' (DD-197) was a in the United States Navy that entered service in 1920. After a short active life, ''Branch'' was placed in reserve in 1922. The ship was activated again for World War II before being transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940. Renamed HMS ''Beverley'', the destroyer served in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort and was torpedoed and sunk on 11 April 1943. Construction and commissioning The second Navy ship was named for United States Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy John Branch (1782–1863), ''Branch'' was Ship naming and launching, launched on 19 April 1919 by Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company; sponsored by Miss Laurie O'Brien Branch, grandniece of Secretary Branch. The destroyer was ship commissioning, commissioned on 26 July 1920. Service history United States Navy service ''Branch'' was fitted out at Norfolk Navy Yard and in October cruised to Annapolis, Maryland, for a test of ...
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USS Branch (DD-197) Underway, Circa In 1920 (NH 56561)
USS ''Branch'' may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: * , a commissioned in 1920, transferred to Royal Navy as HMS ''Beverley'', and sunk by in 1943 * , a ''Clemson''-class destroyer that was renamed ''S. P. Lee'' prior to launch See also

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