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|Ship caption=USS ''Hale'' at [[Venice]], Italy in 1919
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|Ship name=USS ''Hale''
|Ship namesake=[[Eugene Hale]]
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The first '''USS ''Hale'' (DD–133)''' was a {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}} in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War I]], later transferred to the [[Royal Navy]] as '''HMS ''Caldwell'' (I20)'''. She was named for Senator [[Eugene Hale]].

== Construction and career ==

=== United States Navy ===

''Hale'' was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] by the [[Bath Iron Works]], [[Bath, Maine]] on 29 May 1919; sponsored by Miss Mary Hale, granddaughter of Senator Hale. The ship was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on 12 June 1919, Comdr. [[Allan S. Farquhar]] in command.

''Hale'' joined Destroyer Squadron 3, [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet]], and after training exercises departed 11 July 1919 for [[Europe]]. On this cruise, the ship paid goodwill visits to European and [[Mediterranean]] ports, assisted in the execution of the [[Armistice with Austria|Austrian Armistice]] in October, and joined the American detachment in [[Turkey|Turkish]] waters. ''Hale'' then carried refugees, relief officials, and freight between the ports of [[Greece]], [[Bulgaria]], and [[Russia]], showing the flag in the vital Mediterranean and [[Balkan]] area. She returned to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] on 31 March 1920 and resumed her schedule of training and development exercises along the Eastern Coast. ''Hale'' [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] at Philadelphia on 22 June 1922 and remained in reserve until 1 May 1930, when she re-commissioned.

Departing Philadelphia on 15 May, ''Hale'' took part in refresher training operations and then resumed readiness exercises on the East Coast. She participated in [[Scouting Fleet]] maneuvers in early 1931 in the [[Caribbean]], and arrived at [[San Diego, California]] via the [[Panama Canal]] 4 April 1931. For the next few years ''Hale'' participated in maneuvers with the [[Battle Force]] along the [[California]] coast and spent much time perfecting the techniques of modern [[aircraft carrier]] tactics with carriers {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|2}} and {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|2}}. The destroyer decommissioned once more at San Diego on 9 April 1937.

''Hale'' recommissioned at San Diego on 30 September 1939, at a time of mounting crisis in both oceans, and departed on 25 November for [[Neutrality Patrol]] in the Caribbean. Her base was changed to [[Galveston, Texas]] on 22 February 1940, and later to [[Key West]], but the ship continued to patrol the Caribbean Sea and [[Gulf of Mexico]]. At Philadelphia on 1 September 1940 she prepared for transfer to [[Great Britain]] as a part of the [[Destroyers for Bases Agreement]]. She arrived at [[Halifax (former city), Nova Scotia|Halifax]] 6 September 1940 and decommissioned 3 days later. Entering the [[Royal Navy]], she became HMS ''Caldwell'' (I20).

=== Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy ===
[[File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A1445.jpg|left|thumb|HMS ''Caldwell'' in Royal Navy service]]
During her career in the British Navy, '''HMS ''Caldwell''''' was assigned to escort duty in the Atlantic and later in the Caribbean, as Britain tried desperately to cope with the German [[U-boat]] menace. She joined the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] in mid-1942 as '''HMCS ''Caldwell''''', and while returning to [[St. John's, Newfoundland]], 18 December 1942, was seriously damaged during a heavy gale. She became disabled, and was found drifting helplessly by ''Wanderer'' 21 December. ''Caldwell'' was then towed to St. John's and later to Boston. Ready for sea again in May 1943, the ship resumed convoy duty with the Royal Canadian Navy until 1 December, when she returned to [[River Tyne|Tyne]] and was placed in reserve. She was broken up for scrap in September 1944.

==References==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/hale-i.html}}

==External links==
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/133.htm NavSource Photos]

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