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|[[25 August]] [[1917]]

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|Ship namesake=[[James Sigourney|James Butler Sigourney]]

|[[15 May]] [[1918]]

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|Ship builder=[[Fore River Shipyard]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]

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The first '''USS ''Sigourney'' (DD–81)''' was a [[Wickes class destroyer|''Wickes'' class]] [[destroyer]] in the [[United States Navy]] during the [[World War I]]. She was named for [[James Sigourney|James Butler Sigourney]].

'''USS ''Sigourney'' (DD–81)''' was a {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}} in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War I]]. She was the first ship named for [[James Sigourney|James Butler Sigourney]].

''Sigourney'' was laid down on [[25 August]] [[1917]] by the [[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]; launched on [[16 December]] [[1917]]; sponsored by Mrs. Granville W. Johnson; and commissioned on [[15 May]] [[1918]], Comdr. [[W. N. Vernon]] in command.

==Construction and commissioning==

On [[27 May]], ''Sigourney'' sailed from the [[United States]] escorting a troopship to [[France]]. On arrival at [[Brest]], she was assigned to Commander Naval Forces, France; and, for the remainder of World War I, she escorted convoys through the submarine danger zone extending approximately 500 miles west of Brest. During most of her convoys, ''Sigourney'' was the [[flagship]] of the screen commander but did not herself have any confirmed submarine contacts.

''Sigourney'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 25 August 1917 by the [[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 16 December 1917, sponsored by Mrs. Granville W. Johnson, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 15 May 1918.

==Service history==

After the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|armistice]] on [[11 November]], she performed miscellaneous duties in [[Europe]]an waters, including service in early December as flagship of the four-destroyer screen that escorted [[USS George Washington (1908)|USS ''George Washington'' on the middle part of that transport's voyage to carry President [[Woodrow Wilson]] from the United States to France for the [[Versailles Peace Conference]]. ''Sigourney'' sailed from Brest for the United States on [[26 December]] 1918 and arrived at [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on [[8 January]] [[1919]]. After overhaul at Boston and summer training at [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], ''Sigourney'' was placed in reserve status at [[Philadelphia]] on [[1 November]] 1919 and decommissioned there on [[26 June]] [[1922]].

===United States Navy===

On 27 May, ''Sigourney'' sailed from the United States escorting a troopship to France. On arrival at [[Brest, France|Brest]], she was assigned to Commander Naval Forces, France; and, for the remainder of World War I, she escorted convoys through the submarine danger zone extending approximately 500 miles west of Brest. During most of her convoys, ''Sigourney'' was the [[flagship]] of the screen commander but did not herself have any confirmed submarine contacts.

After the [[Armistice with Germany]] on 11 November, she performed miscellaneous duties in European waters, including service in early December as flagship of the four-destroyer screen that escorted {{SS|George Washington||2}} on the middle part of that transport's voyage to carry [[President of the United States|President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] from the United States to France for the [[Versailles Peace Conference]]. ''Sigourney'' sailed from Brest for the United States on 26 December 1918 and arrived at [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on 8 January 1919. After overhaul at Boston and summer training at [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], ''Sigourney'' was placed in reserve status at [[Philadelphia]] on 1 November 1919, and decommissioned there on 26 June 1922.

See [[USS Sigourney|USS ''Sigourney'']] for other ships of this name.

===Royal Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy===

==As HMS ''Newport''==

''Sigourney'' was recommissioned at Philadelphia on 23 August 1940 and sailed to [[Halifax (former city), Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. There, on 26 November, she was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] and turned over to a Canadian care-and-maintenance party. Commissioned by the British as '''HMS ''Newport''''' on 5 December, she was transferred as part of the [[Destroyers for Bases Agreement]]. ''Sigourney'' was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy list]] on 8 January 1941.

''Sigourney'' was recommissioned at Philadelphia on [[23 August]] [[1940]] and sailed to [[Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. There, on [[26 November]], she was decommissioned and turned over to a [[Canada|Canadian]] care-and-maintenance party. Commissioned by the British as '''HMS ''Newport''''' on [[5 December]], she was transferred as part of the [[Destroyers for Bases Agreement]]. ''Sigourney'' was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy list]] on [[8 January]] [[1941]].

After engine repairs in England, HMS ''Newport'' operated on convoy duty as a unit of the [[Norwegian Navy]] from March 1941 to June 1942. She then reverted to the British; and, after repairs, served as an aircraft target ship from June 1943 until placed in reserve in January 1945. ''Newport'' was scrapped at [[Granton, England]], on [[18 February]] [[1947]].

After engine repairs in England, as '''HNoMS ''Newport''''', she operated on convoy duty as a unit of the [[Norwegian Armed Forces in exile|exiled]] [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] from March 1941 to June 1942. She then reverted to the British, and after repairs, served as an aircraft target ship from June 1943 until placed in reserve in January 1945. ''Newport'' was scrapped at [[Granton, Edinburgh|Granton]], [[Scotland]], on 18 February 1947.

==Notes==

*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/sigourney-i.html}}

==External links==

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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/dd81.htm Photos]

*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/dd81.htm Photos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224183735/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/dd81.htm |date=24 February 2012 }}

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/081.htm NavSource Photos]

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