HMS Campbeltown (I42)

	The newly transferred HMS Campbeltown (right) alongside her sister HMS Castleton
History
United States
Name	Buchanan
Namesake	Franklin Buchanan
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, US
Laid down	29 June 1918
Launched	2 January 1919
Commissioned	20 January 1919
Decommissioned	In reserve from 1939
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Navy on 3 September 1940
United Kingdom
Name	Campbeltown
Namesake	Campbeltown, Scotland; Campbelltown, Pennsylvania;
Commissioned	9 September 1940
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1941–42; St Nazaire 1942;
Fate	Expended on 28 March 1942 in a special operation against the docks at Saint-Nazaire
Badge	On a Field White, within an annulet Blue charged in base with a mullet White a sprig of myrtle proper.
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer; Town-class destroyer;
Displacement	1,260 long tons (1,280 t)
Length	314 ft 4 in (95.81 m)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) (light); 12 ft (3.7 m) (full load);
Installed power	30,000 shp (22,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Brown-Curtiss single reduction geared steam turbines; 4 × Normand return-flame boilers; 2 × shafts;
Speed	Design: 35.5 kn (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h); Trials (1919): 39.7 kn (45.7 mph; 73.5 km/h);
Complement	158
Armament	As built:; 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal guns; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 cal anti-aircraft gun; 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes; Conversion for St Nazaire Raid:; 1 × 12-pounder gun; 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons; 4.5 short tons (4.1 t) amatol explosive charge (consisting of 24 × Mark VII depth charges);

HMS Campbeltown was a Town-class destroyer of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was originally US destroyer USS Buchanan,^[1] and was one of 50 obsolescent U.S. Navy destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement.^[2] Campbeltown became one of the most famous of these ships when she was used in the St Nazaire Raid in 1942.

^ "HMS Campbeltown, destroyer". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Destroyers for Bases Agreement, 1941". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

[:0-1] "HMS Campbeltown, destroyer". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

[:1-2] "Destroyers for Bases Agreement, 1941". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

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History
The newly transferred HMS Campbeltown (right) alongside her sister HMS Castleton
United States
Name	Buchanan
Namesake	Franklin Buchanan
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, US
Laid down	29 June 1918
Launched	2 January 1919
Commissioned	20 January 1919
Decommissioned	In reserve from 1939
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Navy on 3 September 1940
United Kingdom
Name	Campbeltown
Namesake	Campbeltown, Scotland Campbelltown, Pennsylvania
Commissioned	9 September 1940
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1941–42 St Nazaire 1942
Fate	Expended on 28 March 1942 in a special operation against the docks at Saint-Nazaire
Badge	On a Field White, within an annulet Blue charged in base with a mullet White a sprig of myrtle proper.
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer Town-class destroyer
Displacement	1,260 long tons (1,280 t)
Length	314 ft 4 in (95.81 m)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) (light) 12 ft (3.7 m) (full load)
Installed power	30,000 shp (22,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Brown-Curtiss single reduction geared steam turbines 4 × Normand return-flame boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	Design: 35.5 kn (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) Trials (1919): 39.7 kn (45.7 mph; 73.5 km/h)
Complement	158
Armament	As built: 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 cal anti-aircraft gun 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes Conversion for St Nazaire Raid: 1 × 12-pounder gun 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons 4.5 short tons (4.1 t) amatol explosive charge (consisting of 24 × Mark VII depth charges)