USS Porter (DD-59)
Page Last Updated:  23 March 2003

CLASS - TUCKER (Improved O' BRIEN Class) As Built.
Displacement 1,090 Tons, Dimensions, 315' 3" (oa) x 30' 7" x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 8 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 18,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines With Cruising Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 29.5 Knots, Crew 99.


Arriving at Queenstown, Ireland, on 4 May 1917, as part of the first U.S. Navy force to reach European waters for World War I service.

USS Porter (DD-59) Photographed while making 29 knots on trials, headed south at 2:22 PM, 8 March 1916

USCGC Porter (CG-7) Photographed circa 1924-30, while operating to support the enforcement of Prohibition laws as a unit of the U.S. Coast Guard. She was originally USS Porter (DD-59).


    The second Porter was commissioned 17 April 1916 in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania.  After a shake-down cruise in the Caribbean, Porter sailed in convoy duty escorting the first U.S. troops to Europe during World War I.  She arrived in Queenstown, Ireland, where she was based during World War I, meeting and escorting convoys from the U.S. as they transited from Ireland to France.  Kept busy as a convoy escort, she severely damaged U-108 on 28 April 1918.  DD-59 was struck from the Navy List on 5 July, 1934.
From Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

Porter II

(DD-59: dp. 1,205; l. 315'3"; b. 29'11"; dr. 9'4", s. 29 k. cpl. 133; a. 4 4", 4 21" tt.; cl. Tucker)

    The second Porter (DD-59) was laid down by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Penn., 24 February 1914 Iaunched 26 August 1915, sponsored by Miss Georgiana Porter Cusachs; and commissioned 17 April 1916, Lt. Comdr. Ward K. Wortman in command.

    After shakedown in the Caribbean, Porter sailed in convoy 24 April 1917 escorting the first U.S. troops to Europe. She arrived at Queenstown, Ireland, 4 May, where she was based during World War I, meeting and escorting convoys from the U.S. as they entered the war zone. Kept busy as a convoy escort, she severely damaged U-108, 28 April 1918, while the German submarine was steaming to intercept a convoy. Operating from Brest after 14 June, she returned to the United States at the end of the war.

    After World War I Porter operated off the East Coast and was decommissioned 23 June 1922. Transferred to the Coast Guard, 7 June 1924, she was returned to the Navy 30 June 1933, and disposed of by scrapping under the terms of the 1930 London Treaty for Limitation of Armament the following year. Her name was struck from the Navy List 5 July 1934 and her materials were sold 22 August 1934.


Unit Awards Received
Information taken from OPNAV NOTE 1650 [09 March 2001]
Award
Date(s) of Awards

Navy Expeditionary Service Medal
15-APR-1979 06-JUN-1979
(Iran/Indian Ocean 06 Dec 1978 - 06 Jun 1979)

02-DEC-1980 25-FEB-1981
(Iran/Indian Ocean 21 Nov 1979 - 20 Oct 1981)

Humanitarian Service Medal
03-APR-1979
(Boat People 21 Jul 1979 - 30 Jun 1984)

Joint Meritorius Service Medal
07-MAR-1991 18-JUN-1991
13-OCT-1991 12-JAN-1992

Navy "E" Ribbon
01-JAN-1976 30-JUN-1977
01-JAN-1985 30-JUN-1986

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