USS Warrington (DD-843)
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| Laid down: | May 14, 1945 |
| Launched: | September 27, 1945 |
| Commissioned: | December 20, 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | September 30, 1972 |
| Fate: | Sold to Taiwan for cannibalization and scrapping |
| Struck: | July 17, 1972 |
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The USS Warrington (DD 843) was a U.S. Navy Gearing-class destroyer that was commissioned just after World War II and fought in the Vietnam War.
DD 843 was the third U.S. warship named after Commodore Lewis Warrington, following DD-30 and DD-383. The ship was laid down in September 1945 and christened four months later by Katherine Taft Chubb Sheehan, a lineal descendant of Commodore Warrington.
The ship was stationed in Providence, Rhode Island. During August and September 1958, the Warrington was part of Navy Task Force 88, (TF-88), which participated in Operation Argus's very-high-altitude nuclear tests.
In July 1972, the Warrington struck what was determined to be a wayward U.S. mine, though rumors persist that the ship had ventured into a restricted area known to contain munitions dumped from aircraft carriers.
The damage was so extensive that the Navy decided to decommission the obsolete vessel rather than spend money on repairs. The ship was struck from the Navy's active list on July 17, 1972.
