Hydraulics Laboratory Stratified Flow Channel Pumps History

Hydraulics Laboratory Stratified Flow Channel Pumps History
Douglas Alden
Senior Development Engineer
Hydraulics Laboratory Technology Application Group
Integrative Oceanography Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
UC San Diego
4 Apr 2014
The Hydraulics Laboratory Stratified Flow Channel (SFC) was developed to enhance the understanding of
fluid mechanics crucial to many ocean processes and studies. It was dedicated 4 Jun 1982. HLab lore
had it that the two pumps used for the channel were surplus US Navy inventory out of a WWII
Destroyer. Recent research has determined that the pumps did come from a US Navy Fletcher-class
Destroyer. A letter from Mr. Charles E. Pybas from Warren Pump Houdaille, Warren MA to John Powell
dated 5 June 1980 included documentation on the pumps which were part of an order of 25” Main
Condenser Circulating Pumps delivered to the US Navy during the height of WWII. The pumps were
delivered to the US Navy for DD-554 – hull 11 to DD-568 – hull 25 over the time period from 1 Oct 1942
to 1 Aug 1943.
John Powell inspecting the SFC (undated).
Fletcher-class Destroyers1
DD-554
DD-555
DD-556
DD-557
USS Franks
USS Haggard
USS Hailey
USS Johnston
Sold for scrap 1 Aug 1973
Broken up for scrap at Norfolk Navy Yard 6 Mar 1946
Sunk as a target 1982 by Brazil
Sunk by Japanese warships off Samar 25 Oct 1944
DD-558
DD-559
DD-560
DD-561
DD-562
DD-563
DD-564
DD-565
DD-566
DD-567
DD-568
USS Laws
USS Longshaw
USS Morrison
USS Prichett
USS Robinson
USS Ross
USS Rowe
USS Smalley
USS Stoddard
USS Watts
USS Wren
Sold for scrap 3 Dec 1973
Grounded off Okinawa and sunk by Japanese shore batteries 18 May 1945
Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa 4 May 1945
Sold to Italy 17 Jan 1970
Sunk as target off Puerto Rico 13 Apr 1982
Sunk as target off Puerto Rico 26 Jan 1978
Sunk as target off Puerto Rico 23 Feb 1978
Sold for scrap 4 Jan 1966 to Portsmouth Salvage, Norfolk Shipbuilding
Sunk by Navy Seals of Hawaii 22 July 1997
Sold for scrap 16 Aug 1974 to General Metals, Tacoma, WA
Sold for scrap 22 Oct 1975 to North American Smelting, Wilmington DE
Based on the name plates at least one of the pumps currently installed in the channel is from DD-563
USS Ross. The name plates are missing from the two other pumps in the Hydraulics Laboratory
inventory.
From Wikipedia entry USS Ross (DD-563):
“USS Ross (DD-563) was a U.S. Navy Fletcher class destroyer named for Captain David Ross, a former
Continental Navy lieutenant. The Ross is the only ship in U.S. naval history to survive two underwater
mine explosions.
The Ross was laid down on 7 September 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle,
Washington and launched on 10 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. William J. Malone. She was
commissioned on 21 February 1944, Commander Benjamin Coe commanding.
She completed shakedown off California in early May 1944 and on 5 May sailed for Pearl Harbor. On 29
May she sortied with Task Force 52 (TF 52) for Eniwetok, whence the fleet sailed for Saipan and the
beginning of the Marianas Campaign.”2
Bibliography:
1. NavSource Naval History. NavSource Naval History, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2013.
2. "USS Ross (DD-563)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Mar. 2013. Web. 04 Apr. 2013.
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