AMERICAN DESTROYERS
LED BY CHURCHILL TRANSFER OF 50 SHIPS (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 18, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 17 The question of the naming of the 50 destroyers transferred to the British flag by the United States was raised in the House of Commons. Mr A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, stated that by agreement between the two Governments the original American names would not be used. He disclosed the names which the King had approved for the first flotilla as follows:—The Churchill (leader), Caldwell, Cameron, Castleton, Chelsea, Chesterfield, Clare and Campbelltown. Mr Alexander pointed out that these were all names of towns or villages common to the United Kingdom and the United States. Names on a similar basis for the other American destroyers would shortly be given and these would include a special choice of a few names common to the West Indies as well.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21221, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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151AMERICAN DESTROYERS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21221, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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