
Afterward, she made three trips across the straits to Algiers, Algeria or Tangier, French Morocco, carrying liberty parties and other passengers (22 December 1918-18 January 1919). 3125) to Marseilles. With war’s end, USS Dyer (DD-84) spent three weeks in drydock undergoing repairs and overhaul. Army Transport (USAT) Virginian and Santa Olivia (Id.

Three days, later she received orders to escort U.S. 9) along with USS Gregory (DD-82), her sister ship of the Wickes-class, USS Dyer (DD-84) departed Boston on 7 July 1918 and proceeded to Newport, R.I. USS Dyer (DD-84) began operations underway on 4 August 1918. Assigned to Commander, Patrol Squadrons, based on the British colony of Gibraltar (Base No.

Prior to delivery to the Navy and her commissioning, USS Dyer (DD-84) underwent standardization trials in June off New England. launched on 13 April 1918 sponsored by Miss Virginia Blackmur and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard, on 1 July 1918, Cmdr. USS Dyer (DD-84) was laid down on 27 September 1917, at Quincy, Mass., by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corp.
