USS Twiggs

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The first USS Twiggs (DD–127) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Major Levi Twiggs. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy, as HMS Leamington and to the Soviet Navy as Zhguchy, before returning to Britain to star in the film The Gift Horse, which depicts the St. Nazaire Raid.

1930-02-20T00:00:00Z
1930-02-20T00:00:00Z
1930 USS Twiggs
1922-06-24T00:00:00Z
1922-06-24T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1940-10-23T00:00:00Z
1940-10-23T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1937-04-06T00:00:00Z
1937-04-06T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1918-09-28T00:00:00Z
1918-09-28T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
1930-02-20T00:00:00Z
1930-02-20T00:00:00Z
ship recommissioning
1939-09-30T00:00:00Z
1939-09-30T00:00:00Z
ship recommissioning
1918-01-23T00:00:00Z
1918-01-23T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1930-02-20T00:00:00Z
1930-02-20T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1939-09-30T00:00:00Z
1939-09-30T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
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Laid up destroyers at San Diego in 1922Laid up destroyers at San Diego in 1922
HMSLeamingtonG19HMSLeamingtonG19
USSTwiggsDD127USSTwiggsDD127
DD-127DD-127
HMCS Leamington Halifax Jan 1943 LAC 3566566HMCS Leamington Halifax Jan 1943 LAC 3566566
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