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Wednesday, 13 September 2017

American destroyer J.D. Ford visited Tarakan, Dutch East Indies in 1936

An item reported that the American destroyer J.D. Ford visited the Dutch East Indies harbour Tarakan between 13-15 December 1936.(1)

Note
1. Laid down by William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia on 23 December 1919, launched on 11 November 1919, launched on 2 September 1920, commissioned on 30 December 1920, decommissioned on 2 November 1945, stricken on 16 November 1945 and sold to be broken up on 5 October 1947. Clemson-class DD-228.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.