Destroyer Squadron NINE was first formed in 1920. Homeported in
Destroyer Squadron NINE's mission was submarine hunting and patrol and escort duty, occasionally interspersed with brief flurries of action against German U-Boats. The squadron continued operations out of
DesDiv17: McDougal/DF, Winslow, Moffett, Sampson. (Destroyer Sampson DD 394, was assigned patrol duties at the western seabord of South America on the Pacific coast.)
DD 358 McDOUGAL alongside HMS Prince of Wales, to transfer President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the British battleship for the Atlantic Charter meeting with Prime Minister Winston Churchil
Photo. Wikipedia
DD 359 WINSLOW Photo. www,navsource.org By Jesse P. Mannix
DD 362 MOFFET Photo. www.navsource.org
DD SAMPSON Photo. www.navsource.org
DD 381 SOMERS Photo wikipedia
DD 383 WARRINGTON Photo. www.navsource.org By Ed Zajkowski
DD 395 DAVIS Photo. www.navsorce.org
DD 396 JOUETT Photo. www.navsource.org By Robert Hurst