USS Greer (DD-145)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Greer (DD 145) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy, the first ship named for Rear Admiral James A. Greer (1833 1904). She was the first US Navy ship to fire on a German ship, three months before the United States officially entered World War II. Greer was launched by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1918; sponsored by Miss Evelina Porter Gleaves, daughter of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves; and commissioned December 31, 1918, Commander C. E. Smith in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Greer (DD-145) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy, the first ship named for Rear Admiral James A. Greer (1833-1904). She was the first US Navy ship to fire on a German ship, three months before the United States officially entered World War II. Greer was launched by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1918; sponsored by Miss Evelina Porter Gleaves, daughter of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves; and commissioned December 31, 1918, Commander C. E. Smith in command.