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Wednesday 13 September 2017

American destroyers Peary and Pillsbury visited Menado in 1936

An item reported that the American destroyers Peary (1) and Pillsbury (2) visited the Dutch East Indies harbour Menado between 14-16 December 1936.

Notes
1. Laid down by William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia on 23 December 1919, launched on 9 September 1919, launched on 6 April 1920, commissioned on 22 October 1920, sunk during a Japanese air attack on Darwin, Australia and stricken on 8 May 1942. Clemson-class DD-226.
2. Laid down by William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia on 23 December 1919, launched on 23 October 1919, launched on 3 August 1920, commissioned on 15 December 1920 and sunk by the Japanese cruiser Takao and Atago near Java, Dutch East Indies. Clemson-class DD-227.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.