USS Crowninshield ( DD - 134 ) USS " Crowninshield " ( DD – 134 ) was a " Wickes " class destroyer in the United States Navy between World War I and World War II . She was named for Benjamin Williams Crowninshield . In World War II she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was named HMS " Chelsea " , and subsequently to the Soviet Navy where she was named Derzkiy . History . As " Crowninshield " . " Crowninshield " was launched 24 July 1919 by Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine ; sponsored by Emily Crowninshield Davis , great - great - granddaughter of B . W . Crowninshield ; commissioned 6 August 1919 , Lieutenant Commander R . E . Sampson in command ; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet . " Crowninshield " cruised along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean , participating in 1921 in the fleet concentration in the Panama Canal Zone and Cuban waters . During this exercise she carried Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels from Key West to Guantanamo Bay for fleet maneuvers . From 14 November 1921 " Crowninshield " operated with 50 percent of her complement until placed out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia 7 July 1922 . Recommissioned 12 May 1930 , " Crowninshield " arrived at San Diego 4 April 1931 to join the Battle Force . She took part in fleet problems and exercises on the west coast , in Hawaiian and Caribbean waters ; operated with Aircraft , Battle Force ; conducted practice cruises to Canadian and Alaskan ports for members of the Naval Reserve ; and spent from 15 July to 17 December 1934 in the Rotating Reserve . She was at San Diego between 30 October and 2 November 1935 , for the Presidential Fleet Review and attended the ceremonies opening the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in November 1936 . " Crowninshield " was decommissioned at San Diego 8 April 1937 . Recommissioned 30 September 1939 , " Crowninshield " sailed from Mare Island 25 November and arrived at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , 10 December for duty with the Neutrality Patrol in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico . On 9 September 1940 she was decommissioned at Halifax ( former city ) , Nova Scotia , and delivered to British authorities in the land bases for destroyers exchange . She was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS " Chelsea " the same day . As " Chelsea " . " Chelsea " reached Devonport , England , 28 September 1940 . Assigned to the Sixth Escort Group , Western Approaches Command , Liverpool , for Atlantic convoy duty , she fought the double - menace submarine and air attacks on vital supplies . On 6 April 1941 she rescued 29 survivors of SS " Olga S . " which had been sunk by an air attack . " Chelsea " was modified for trade convoy escort service by removal of three of the original 4 " / 50 caliber gun s and one of the triple torpedo tube mounts to reduce topside weight for additional depth charge stowage and installation of hedgehog . " Chelsea " joined " Arbutus " 5 February 1942 to hunt for a submarine sighted from their convoy . Two hours later " Arbutus " was torpedoed . " Chelsea " opened fire on the surfaced submarine and made three depth charge attacks after she dived but contact was lost and she returned to pick up the survivors from " Arbutus " . In November 1942 " Chelsea " was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy and until the end of 1943 operated in the mid and western Atlantic Ocean escorting convoys to and from Great Britain . She returned to Derry , Northern Ireland , 26 December 1943 and early in 1944 was reduced to reserve on the Tyne . On 16 July 1944 she was transferred to Russia and renamed " Derzkiy " ( rus . Дерзкий , " Insolent " ) . As " Derzkiy " . " Derzkiy " was one of eight Town class destroyer s transferred to the Soviet Navy in lieu of Italian vessels surrendered in September 1943 and claimed by the Soviet Union as war reparations in May 1944 . She sailed for Murmansk and was commissioned into the Northern Fleet . There she served as local convoy escort for the remainder of hostilities . In 1949 she was transferred back to the Royal Navy , but was scrapped without re - commissioning . As of 2004 , no other ship in the United States Navy has borne this name .