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Before and during World War II, as they commissioned and fleeted in, the ninety-six 1620- and 1630-ton destroyers were organized into eleven squadrons, each with two divisions. Each squadron was normally commanded by a captain, who also commanded the lower-numbered division.
In order of their formation, their initial composition was as follows:
DESRON 7
The eight ships authorized in fiscal year 1938 plus Plunkett, authorized in 1939 but, after Gleaves, the second ship of the class commissioned.
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DESDIV 13 — 421 Benson, 422 Mayo, 423 Gleaves, 424 Niblack, 431 Plunkett (flag).
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DESDIV 14 — 425 Madison, 426 Lansdale, 427 Hillary P. Jones, 428 Charles F. Hughes.
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DESRON 10
After Bristol, the nine low-numbered repeat 1630-tonners (Bristol class); the first squadron of F/Y 1941 ships commissioned.
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DESDIV 19 — 454 Ellyson (flag), 455 Hambleton, 456 Rodman, 457 Emmons, 458 Macomb.
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DESDIV 20 — 461 Forrest, 462 Fitch, 463 Corry, 464 Hobson.
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DESRON 11
The remaining F/Y 1939 ships plus Ericsson, initially with Sims-class Roe as flagship. DesDiv 22 was deployed to the Pacific in 1942 where, after two ships were lost, the survivors were attached to DesRon 12.
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DESDIV 21 — 418 Roe (flag), 429 Livermore, 430 Eberle, 432 Kearny, 440 Ericsson.
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DESDIV 22 — 433 Gwin, 434 Meredith, 435 Grayson, 436 Monssen.
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DESRON 12
The second squadron of repeat 1620- and 1630-tonners commissioned: the four lowest-numbered 1620-tonners plus six consecutively-numbered 1630-tonners from Federal.
DESRON 13
The remaining F/Y 1940 ships plus repeat 1630-tonner Bristol, initially with Sims-class Buck as flagship.
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DESDIV 25 — 420 Buck (flag), 437 Woolsey, 438 Ludlow, 439 Edison, 453 Bristol.
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DESDIV 26 — 441 Wilkes, 442 Nicholson, 443 Swanson, 444 Ingraham.
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DESRON 14
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DESDIV 27 — 602 Meade, 607 Frazier, 608 Gansevoort (flag), 609 Gillespie, 619 Edwards.
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DESDIV 28 — 492 Bailey, 598 Bancroft, 605 Caldwell, 606 Coghlan.
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DESRON 15
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DESDIV 29 — 489 Mervine (flag), 490 Quick, 618 Davison, 640 Beatty, 641 Tillman.
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DESDIV 30 — 632 Cowie, 633 Knight, 634 Doran, 635 Earle.
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DESRON 16
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DESDIV 31 — 604 Parker (flag), 612 Kendrick, 613 Laub, 614 Mackenzie, 615 McLanahan.
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DESDIV 32 — 600 Boyle, 601 Champlin, 616 Nields, 617 Ordronaux.
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DESRON 17
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DESDIV 33 — 603 Murphy, 620 Glennon, 621 Jeffers, 622 Maddox,
623 Nelson (flag).
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DESDIV 34 — 637 Butler, 638 Gherardi, 639 Herndon,
640 Shubrick.
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DESRON 18
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DESDIV 35 — 493 Carmick, 494 Doyle, 495 Endicott, 496 McCook, 497 Frankford (flag).
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DESDIV 36 — 624 Baldwin, 625 Harding, 626 Satterlee, 627 Thompson.
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DESRON 19
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DESDIV 37 — 645 Stevenson, 646 Stockton, 647 Thorn, 648 Turner.
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DESDIV 38 — 609 Gillespie, 610 Hobby, 611 Kalk, 628 Welles.
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UNATTACHED
The deck logs of 599 Barton do not indicate that she was ever attached to a squadron. After shakedown she went to the Pacific, often operating with DesRon 2 and DesRon 12 before her loss in November 1942.
Note: Division listings show ships in hull-number order. Division listings in other sources sometimes use different orders, e.g., reflecting the seniority of their commanding officers at a specific time.
Amendments and corrections are always welcome.
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