USS Welles
Two ships in the
United States Navy
have been named
USS
Welles
for
Gideon Welles
.
The first
USS
Welles
(DD-257)
was a
Clemson
-class
destroyer
, commissioned in 1919 and transferred to the
Royal Navy
in 1940 where she served as HMS
Cameron
(I05) until 1944.
The second
USS
Welles
(DD-628)
was a
Gleaves
-class
destroyer
, commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned in 1946.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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