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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|O&amp;#039;Brien-class destroyer}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{other ships|USS Winslow}}&lt;br /&gt;
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox ship image&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship image=[[File:USSWinslowDD53.jpg|300px|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; during trials in 1915]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship caption=USS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (DD-53) during trials in 1915.&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox ship career&lt;br /&gt;
|Hide header=&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship country=United States&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1936}}&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship name=&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship namesake=[[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]] [[John Ancrum Winslow]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship builder=*[[William Cramp &amp;amp; Sons]]&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS&amp;gt;{{cite DANFS | author = Naval History &amp;amp; Heritage Command | author-link = Naval History &amp;amp; Heritage Command | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/winslow-ii.html | title = Winslow | short = first | access-date = 20 May 2009 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Philadelphia]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship original cost=$856,100.67  (hull and machinery)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mZEqAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA762 |title= Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919 |journal= Congressional Serial Set |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office |year= 1921 |page= 762 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship yard number=406&amp;lt;ref name=Miramar&amp;gt;{{csr|register=MSI|id=6105024|shipname=Winslow |access-date=20 May 2009 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship ordered=March 1913&amp;lt;ref name=Con-123&amp;gt;Gardiner, pp. 122–23.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship laid down=1 October 1913&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171&amp;gt;Bauer and Roberts, p. 171.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship launched=11 February 1915&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship sponsor=Miss Natalie E. Winslow&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship commissioned=7 August 1915&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship decommissioned=5 June 1922&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship renamed=&amp;#039;&amp;#039;DD-53&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 1 July 1933&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship struck=7 January 1936&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship identification=*[[Hull classification symbol#Surface combatant type|Hull symbol]]:DD-53&lt;br /&gt;
*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]:NJA&lt;br /&gt;
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Juliet}}{{ICS|Alpha}}&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship fate= Sold on 30 June 1936 and scrapped&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox ship characteristics&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship class={{sclass|O&amp;#039;Brien|destroyer}}&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1050|LT|MT|abbr=on|lk=on}}&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*{{convert|1171|LT|MT|abbr=on}} fully loaded&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship length={{convert|305|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship beam={{convert|31|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}}&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship draft=*{{convert|9|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (mean)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;congress&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mZEqAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA762 |title= Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919 |journal= Congressional Serial Set |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office |year= 1921 |page= 714 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*{{convert|10|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} max&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship power=*4 × [[White-Forster boiler]]s&lt;br /&gt;
*{{convert|17000|shp|kW|abbr=on}}&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship propulsion=*2 × Zoelly direct-drive [[steam turbine]]s&lt;br /&gt;
*2 × [[screw propeller]]s&amp;lt;ref name=Con-123 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship speed=*{{convert|29|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*{{convert|29.05|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} (Speed on [[Sea trial|Trial]])&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;congress&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship range=&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship complement=5 officers 96 enlisted&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;comp and arms&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mZEqAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA762 |title= Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919 |journal= Congressional Serial Set |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office |year= 1921 |page= 749 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship armament=*4 × [[4&amp;quot;/50 caliber gun|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}/50]] [[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] guns&lt;br /&gt;
*8 × [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (4 × 2)&lt;br /&gt;
|Ship motto=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;USS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Destroyer No. 53/DD-53)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was an {{sclass|O&amp;#039;Brien|destroyer}} built for the [[United States Navy]] prior to the [[American entry into World War I]]. The ship was the second US Navy vessel named in honor of [[John Ancrum Winslow]], a US Navy officer notable for sinking the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[commerce raider]] {{ship|CSS|Alabama}} during the [[American Civil War]].&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was [[keel laying|laid down]] by [[William Cramp &amp;amp; Sons]] of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] in October 1913 and [[launch (ship)|launch]]ed in February 1915. The ship was a little more than {{convert|305|ft|m|abbr=on}} in length, just over {{convert|31|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[beam (nautical)|abeam]], and had a standard [[displace (ship)|displacement]] of {{convert|1050|LT|MT|abbr=on}}. She was armed with four {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}} guns and had eight [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was powered by a pair of [[steam turbine]]s that propelled her at up to {{convert|29|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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After her August 1915 [[Ship commissioning|commission]]ing, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sailed off the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast]] and in the [[Caribbean]]. She was one of seventeen destroyers sent out to rescue survivors from five victims of German submarine {{SMU|U-53||2}} off the [[Lightship Nantucket]] in October 1916. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was sent overseas to patrol the [[Irish Sea]] out of [[Queenstown, Ireland]]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; made several unsuccessful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft.&lt;br /&gt;
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Upon returning to the United States after the war, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was placed in reduced commission in December 1919. She was decommissioned at Philadelphia in June 1922. In November she dropped her name to free it for [[USS Winslow (DD-359)|a new destroyer of the same name]], becoming known only as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;DD-53&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] in January 1936 and sold for [[ship breaking|scrapping]] in June.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Design and construction==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was authorized in March 1913 as the third of six ships of the {{sclass|O&amp;#039;Brien|destroyer|4}}, which was an improved version of the {{sclass|Cassin|destroyer|1}}s authorized in 1911. Construction of the vessel was awarded to [[William Cramp &amp;amp; Sons]] of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] which [[keel laying|laid down her keel]] on 1 October 1913. On 11 February 1915, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was [[launch (ship)|launch]]ed by sponsor Miss Natalie E. Winslow, grandniece of the ship&amp;#039;s namesake, [[John Ancrum Winslow]]. The ship was the second ship named for Winslow, a US Navy officer notable for sinking the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[commerce raider]] {{ship|CSS|Alabama}} during the [[American Civil War]].&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; As built, the destroyer was {{convert|305|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} in length, {{convert|31|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}} [[beam (nautical)|abeam]], and [[draft (ship)|drew]] {{convert|10|ft|4.5|in|m|abbr=on}}.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Con-123 /&amp;gt; The ship had a standard [[displace (ship)|displace]]ment of {{convert|1050|LT|MT|abbr=on}} and displaced {{convert|1171|LT|MT|abbr=on}} when fully loaded.&amp;lt;ref name=Con-123 /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; had two Zoelly [[steam turbine]]s that drove her two [[screw propeller]]s, and an additional pair [[triple-expansion steam engine]]s, each connected to one of the [[propeller shaft (ship)|propeller shaft]]s, for cruising purposes. Four oil-burning [[White-Forster boiler]]s powered the engines, which could generate {{convert|17000|shp|kW|abbr=on}}, moving the ship at up to {{convert|29|kn|mph km/h}}.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Con-123 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{&amp;#039;}}s main [[artillery battery|battery]] consisted of four [[4&amp;quot;/50 caliber gun|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}/50]] [[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] Mark 9 guns,&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=NavWeaps-4in&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = DiGiulian | first = Tony | title = United States of America: 4&amp;quot;/50 (10.2 cm) Marks 7, 8, 9 and 10 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4-50_mk9.htm | work = Naval Weapons of the World | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 15 August 2008 | access-date = 22 April 2009 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref group=Note&amp;gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;50&amp;#039;&amp;#039; denotes the length of the gun barrels; in this case, the gun is 50 [[calibers#Caliber as measurement of length|calibers]], meaning that the gun is 50 times as long as its bore, or {{convert|200|in|m}} in this case. The Mark number is the version of the gun; in this case, the ninth US Navy design of the 4-inch/50 gun.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; with each gun weighing in excess of {{convert|6100|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.&amp;lt;ref name=NavWeaps-4in /&amp;gt; The guns fired {{convert|33|lb|kg|abbr=on}} [[armor-piercing shot and shell|armor-piercing]] [[projectile]]s at {{convert|2900|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}. At an [[elevation (ballistics)|elevation]] of 20°, the guns had a range of {{convert|15920|yd|m|abbr=on}}.&amp;lt;ref name=NavWeaps-4in /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was also equipped with eight {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. The [[General Board of the United States Navy]] had called for two [[anti-aircraft gun]]s for the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O&amp;#039;Brien&amp;#039;&amp;#039;-class ships, as well as provisions for laying up to 36 floating [[mine (naval)|mine]]s.&amp;lt;ref name=Con-123 /&amp;gt; From sources, it is unclear if these recommendations were followed for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or any of the other ships of the class.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; carried out [[Sea trials]] from 29 June to 1 July 1915, reaching a maximum speed of {{convert|29.90|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} over the measured mile and an average speed of {{convert|29.054|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} over a 4 hour full-power trial.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cochrane, pp. 965–968&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Pre-World War I==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was [[Ship commissioning|commission]]ed into the United States Navy on 7 August 1915. After trials off the upper [[East Coast of the United States|east coast]], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; joined the 6th Division, [[United States Fleet Forces Command|Atlantic Fleet]] Torpedo Flotilla. The destroyer participated in maneuvers in [[Cuba]]n waters during the winter of 1915 and 1916 and, in the spring, began operations along the eastern seaboard. By October 1916, she was serving in coastal waters near [[Newport, Rhode Island]].&lt;br /&gt;
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At 0530 on 8 October 1916, [[radio|wireless]] reports came in of a German submarine stopping ships near the [[Lightship Nantucket]], off the eastern end of [[Long Island]]. After an [[SOS]] from the British steamer {{SS|West Point||2}} was received at about 1230, Rear Admiral [[Albert Gleaves]] ordered &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and other destroyers at Newport to attend to survivors.&amp;lt;ref name=NYT-U53&amp;gt;{{cite news | title = Newport aroused by U-boat&amp;#039;s raid | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/09/301915432.pdf | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 9 October 1916 | page = 2 | access-date = 20 May 2009 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref group=Note&amp;gt;According to a report in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The New York Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; on 9 October the other ships, in addition to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, were the flotilla&amp;#039;s [[destroyer tender]], {{USS|Melville|AD-2|2}}, and fifteen other destroyers: {{USS|Aylwin|DD-47|2}}, {{USS|Balch|DD-50|2}}, {{USS|Benham|DD-49|2}}, {{USS|Cassin|DD-43|2}}, {{USS|Conyngham|DD-58|2}}, {{USS|Cummings|DD-44|2}}, {{USS|Cushing|DD-55|2}}, {{USS|Drayton|DD-23|2}}, {{USS|Ericsson|DD-56|2}}, {{USS|Fanning|DD-37|2}}, {{USS|Jarvis|DD-38|2}}, {{USS|McCall|DD-28|2}}, {{USS|O&amp;#039;Brien|DD-51|2}}, {{USS|Paulding|DD-22|2}}, and {{USS|Porter|DD-59|2}}. A firsthand account of the events by a [[Quartermaster (United States Navy)|quartermaster]] from destroyer {{USS|McDougal|DD-54|2}}, published on 22 October, indicates that ship was present as well.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;For the initial report, see: {{cite news | title = Newport aroused by U-boat&amp;#039;s raid | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/09/301915432.pdf | work = The New York Times | date = 9 October 1916 | access-date = 20 May 2009 | page = 2 }}&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;For the account of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;McDougal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{&amp;#039;}}s quartermaster, see: {{cite news | title = United States sailor describes rescue of U-53&amp;#039;s victims | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/22/119033188.pdf | work = The New York Times | date = 22 October 1916 | access-date = 20 May 2009 | page = X1 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The American destroyers arrived on the scene about 1700 when the U-boat, {{SMU|U-53||2}} under the command of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kapitänleutnant]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Hans Rose]],&amp;lt;ref group=Note&amp;gt;{{SMU|U-53||2}} had called at Newport on 7 October, the day before the attacks, to drop off a letter for [[Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff]], the German Ambassador to the United States, and had exchanged courtesy visits with Admirals [[Albert Gleaves]] and [[Austin M. Knight]] before departing.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was in the process of stopping the [[Holland-America Line]] cargo ship {{SS|Blommersdijk||2}}. Shortly after, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;U-53&amp;#039;&amp;#039; stopped the British passenger ship {{SS|Stephano||2}}.&amp;lt;ref name=Long-93-94&amp;gt;Long, pp. 93–94.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As Rose had done with three other ships &amp;#039;&amp;#039;U-53&amp;#039;&amp;#039; had sunk earlier in the day,&amp;lt;ref group=Note&amp;gt;The other three ships were the British cargo ships &amp;#039;&amp;#039;West Point&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and {{SS|Strathdene||2}}, and the Norwegian [[tank ship|tanker]] {{SS|Christian Knutsen||2}}.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; he gave passengers and crew aboard &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Blommersdijk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Stephano&amp;#039;&amp;#039; adequate time to abandon the ships before sinking the pair.&amp;lt;ref name=Long-93&amp;gt;Long, p. 93.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=NYT-Six&amp;gt;{{cite news | title = Six of our ships see Stephano sunk | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/09/301915412.pdf | work = The New York Times | date = 9 October 1916 | access-date = 20 May 2009 | page = 1 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In total, 226 survivors from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;U-53&amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{&amp;#039;}}s five victims were rescued by the destroyer flotilla.&amp;lt;ref name=NYT-OpenArms&amp;gt;{{cite news | title = Newport opens arms to U-boat survivors | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/10/301917302.pdf | work = The New York Times | date = 10 October 1916 | access-date = 20 May 2009 | page = 2 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At the end of October, the warship went into the [[New York Navy Yard]] and remained there through the end of the year. In January 1917, she steamed south to Cuba, where she joined the rest of the Fleet to participate in annual winter maneuvers. Following the Fleet exercise, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; returned north to the [[Chesapeake Bay|Chesapeake]].&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==World War I==&lt;br /&gt;
When the United States declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917 entering [[World War I]], the destroyer was anchored in the [[York River (Virginia)|York River]] near [[Yorktown, Virginia]]. She had been there guarding the river mouth since February when American relations with Germany began to deteriorate as a result of the latter country&amp;#039;s return to [[Unrestricted submarine warfare (February 1917)|unrestricted submarine warfare]]. Soon after [[United States Congress|US Congress]] declared war, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; moved north to the New York Navy Yard to prepare for duty overseas.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; Less than a month later, she moved to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] from where she got underway for Europe on 7 May with &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cassin&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ericsson&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, {{USS|Jacob Jones|DD-61|2}}, {{USS|Rowan|DD-64|2}}, and {{USS|Tucker|DD-57|2}}.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS-Tucker&amp;gt;{{cite DANFS | author = Naval History &amp;amp; Heritage Command | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/tucker-i.html | title = Tucker I | access-date = 18 May 2009 | short = on | link = off }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After a 10-day passage, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; reported for duty at [[Queenstown, Ireland]], on the 17th. On the 21st, she began patrolling the approaches to the [[British Isles]].&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; operated out of Queenstown for almost a year escorting convoys into and out of Queenstown and going to the assistance of ships attacked by [[U-boats]]. Just after midnight on 11 June, she spied her first submarine and rushed to the attack. Her target submerged, and the destroyer dropped a series of [[depth charge]]s. She failed, however, to find any evidence supporting the success of her attack and resumed her patrol.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 30 July, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; picked up the [[captain (nautical)|master]] and 12 crewmen from SS &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Whitehall&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; torpedoed the day before by {{SMU|U-95||2}},&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite Uboat.net | name = Whitehall | id = 6525 | type = 1ship | access-date = 20 May 2009 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and brought them safely into Queenstown.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; She sighted another U-boat off Queenstown on 16 August, but heavy weather covered the submarine&amp;#039;s tracks when it submerged and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; made no attack.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Six weeks later, on 24 September, the warship rushed to the assistance of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Henry Lippitt&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; an unarmed American [[schooner]] being shelled by {{SMU|U-60||2}}.&amp;lt;ref name=CSM-henry&amp;gt;{{cite news | title = Unarmed schooner sunk | work = The Christian Science Monitor | date = 29 September 1917 | page = 8 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Ub-henry&amp;gt;{{cite Uboat.net | name = Henry Lippitt | id = 2815 | type = 1ship | access-date = 20 May 2009 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; When the destroyer reached the {{GRT|895}} sailing vessel,&amp;lt;ref name=CSM-henry /&amp;gt; she was in flames, and the U-boat had just submerged.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; dropped a depth charge barrage on what appeared to be the submarine&amp;#039;s moving wake, but broke off the attack to assist the schooner&amp;#039;s crew;&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; all were saved, but &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Henry Lippitt&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was sunk.&amp;lt;ref name=Ub-henry /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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During the remainder of her assignment at Queenstown, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; attacked two more submarines, the first on 11 October and the second on 3 January 1918. In both cases, she depth-charged oil slicks which appeared to originate from damaged, submerged U-boats. In neither case did she receive visible confirmation of a sinking; however, during the 3 January attack, one of her depth charges threw a large mass of dark liquid high in the air. From this description, it appears that her depth charge brought up fuel oil from what was believed to be {{SMU|U-61||2}}. Unfortunately for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, lack of definite proof kept her from being credited with a sinking.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At the beginning of April 1918, the destroyer was reassigned to the United States Naval Forces in [[France]]. Operating from [[Brest, France|Brest]], she spent the remainder of the war escorting American troop transports into French ports. Although she engaged German submarines on at least seven different occasions, she did not score any confirmed successes. On 8 August, she came to the aid of {{USS|Westward Ho|ID-3098|2}},&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; torpedoed in the [[Bay of Biscay]] earlier the same day by {{SMU|U-62||2}}.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite Uboat.net | name = Westward Ho | id = 6514 | type = 1ship | access-date = 20 May 2009 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 5 September, she attacked the German submarine {{SMU|U-82||2}}, which had just torpedoed U.S. Navy transport {{USS|Mount Vernon|ID-4508|2}}. Depth charges dropped by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, {{USS|Conner|DD-72|2}}, {{USS|Nicholson|DD-52|2}}, and {{USS|Wainwright|DD-62|2}} failed to sink the U-boat,&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; but, combined with defensive efforts from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mount Vernon&amp;#039;&amp;#039; herself, helped prevent the submarine from launching a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[coup de grâce]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; against the former German liner.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gleaves, pp. 144–45.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mount Vernon&amp;#039;&amp;#039; safely made it back to Brest with the loss of 37 crewmen out of the 1,450 persons on board.&amp;lt;ref name=Gleaves-148&amp;gt;Gleaves, p. 148.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; continued her patrols out of Brest through the end of hostilities on 11 November.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Inter-war period==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:U.S. Atlantic Fleet, c. 13 December 1918.jpg|right|thumb|Battleships and destroyers of the United States Atlantic Fleet escorting President [[Woodrow Wilson]] on {{USS|George Washington|ID-3018|2}} near [[Brest, France]], on 13 December 1918; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; served as part of the escort.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Following the signing of the [[Armistice with Germany|Armistice]] on 11 November, which ended all fighting, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; remained in French waters. When President [[Woodrow Wilson]] arrived at Brest on {{SS|George Washington||2}} on 13 December, the destroyer served as part of that [[transport]]&amp;#039;s escort into the harbor. 15 days later, the warship departed France to return to the United States, arriving at New York on 12 January 1919.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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After her return to the United States, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; resumed peacetime duty with the Atlantic Fleet. During May, she served as one of the rescue pickets stationed along the route across the Atlantic flown by three Navy [[NC-4|NC-type]] [[seaplane]]s in the first aerial crossing of the Atlantic. After that, the destroyer returned to normal operations along the east coast and annual winter maneuvers in Cuban waters until placed in reduced commission at Philadelphia on 10 December 1919.&lt;br /&gt;
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In July 1920, she was assigned the [[hull code]] of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;DD-53&amp;#039;&amp;#039; under the US Navy&amp;#039;s alphanumeric classification system. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 5 June 1922.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; On 1 July 1933, she dropped the name &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; to free it for [[USS Winslow (DD-359)|a new destroyer of the same name]],&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt; becoming known only as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;DD-53&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt; The ship was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 7 January 1936,&amp;lt;ref name=Bauer-171 /&amp;gt; and, on 30 June, was sold for [[ship breaking|scrapping]].&amp;lt;ref name=DANFS /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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*{{cite book | last1 = Bauer | first1 = K. Jack | author-link = K. Jack Bauer | last2 = Roberts | first2 = Stephen S.| title = Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants | location = New York | publisher = [[Greenwood Press]] | year = 1991 | isbn = 978-0-313-26202-9 | oclc = 24010356 }}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{cite journal |last=Cochrane |first=W. F. |title=Description and Trials of U.S. Torpedo-Boat Destroyer &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Winslow&amp;#039;&amp;#039; |journal=[[Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers]] |date=August 1915 |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=964–968|doi=10.1111/j.1559-3584.1915.tb00581.x }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book | editor1-last=Gardiner | editor1-first=Robert | editor2-last=Gray | editor2-first=Randal | title = Conway&amp;#039;s All the World&amp;#039;s Fighting Ships 1906–1921 | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]] | year = 1985 | isbn = 978-0-87021-907-8 | oclc = 12119866 }}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{Gleaves}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{cite journal | last = Long | first = Wellington | title = The Cruise of the U-53 | journal = [[Proceedings (magazine)|Proceedings]] | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = [[United States Naval Institute]] | volume = 92 | issue = 10 |date=October 1966 | pages = 89–94 | issn = 0041-798X | oclc = 2496995 }}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{cite DANFS | author = Naval History &amp;amp; Heritage Command | author-link = Naval History &amp;amp; Heritage Command | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/tucker-i.html | title = Tucker | access-date = 20 May 2009 }}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{cite DANFS | author = Naval History &amp;amp; Heritage Command | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/winslow-ii.html | title = Winslow | access-date = 20 May 2009 | link = off }}&lt;br /&gt;
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