USS Hatfield (DD-231/AG-84) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for John Hatfield, killed in action 1813. , no other ship of the U.S. Navy has been named Hatfield.
Construction and commissioning
Hatfield was launched 17 March 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Helen Brooks Haugh; and commissioned 16 April 1920.
The ship sponsor, Helen Haugh, was one of the first women enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War I, serving as a Yeoman (F). The ship's launch plank is still in existence and has been kept in her family.
Service history
Pre-World War II
After training cruises during the summer of 1920, Hatfield departed Brooklyn 6 September 1920 for Key West, Florida, and continued her exercises along the Atlantic coast for the remainder of 1920. From 4 January 1921 to 24 April she operated in the Caribbean. Hatfield returned to Hampton Roads in time for a review of the fleet by President Warren G. Harding 28 April. She continued maneuvers until 7 November, when she was assigned to the 14th Destroyer Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet.