USS Tarbell, a 1090-ton Wickes class destroyer, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in late November 1918, she spent the last part of that year and the first half of 1919 in the waters off the U.S. Atlantic Coast and off western Europe. Transferred to the Pacific in July 1919, Tarbell served off the West Coast and, in 1920-1921, with the Asiatic Fleet. She was decommissioned in June 1922 and placed in reserve at San Diego, Califiornia.
Tarbell returned to commissioned service in May 1930, based as San Diego until January 1931, when she was shifted to Charleston, South Carolina. During the next five years the destroyer alternated between the Atlantic and Pacific and was again laid up in reserve in about late 1936. The outbreak of World War II in Europe brought her back into commission for Atlantic Neutrality patrol duty early in October 1939.
After the United States entered the conflict in December 1941, Tarbell remained in the Atlantic, escorting convoys and conducting antisubmarine patrols. During March-June 1942 she rescued survivors of several torpedoed merchant ships off the East Coast and in the Caribbean area. Refitted later in 1942 to improve her escort capabilities, Tarbell began trans-Atlantic convoy duties in May 1943. In addition, she was often assigned to screen aircraft carriers as part of antisubmarine hunter-killer task groups and during air crew training. In July 1945, with the European War concluded, the now very elderly USS Tarbell was decommissioned. She was sold for scrapping at the end of November 1945.
This page features, or provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142, later DD-142).
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In addition to the views referenced above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other photograph of USS Tarbell (DD-142). The following listing describes this image:
The image listed below is NOT in the
Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
USS Tarbell (DD-142) in a harbor, probably during the 1930s, with other destroyers beyond her. Port bow surface view, showing the ship underway at low speed. Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The image listed above is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
For other images concerning this ship, see:
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Page made 5 November 2003